Active Reading

To improve your reading comprehension and your ability to remember, practice active reading and studying strategies.

An active reader is involved before reading, during reading, and after reading.

Before reading

P     preview and predict

L     locate what you already know and what you need

to know

·       Set specific purposes for reading

·       Predict what information will be important to learn

·       Predict how that information will be organized

During reading

A add information gained from reading to what you

    already know, to notes, to graphic organizers

      Add to the text:  underlining, notes in the margin,

      maps

After reading

N       Note what you know:  review, retell, recall

PLAN

An active reading strategy

P      preview, predict

L      locate

A      add

N     note