"Active" Reading Part Two

Here's part two of the Active Reading Trilogy!  Are you ready?  We call it the During Reading stage, and it is when you actually read the book, article, paragraph, etc.

What makes this part "active" is that while you are reading, you are:

• highlighting important information
• underlining new or difficult vocabulary
• circling clues that help you understand new information and vocabulary
• and sometimes, writing in the margins (only if you own the reading material, or using a photocopy). 

You are also:

• making and confirming predictions 
• asking questions using post-it notes
• and otherwise connecting to the text you are reading
• text-to-text (connections to other material you have read)
• text-to-self (connections to your life and experiences)
• text-to-world (connections to what happens in the world)

Depending on where you are, what you are reading, and what supplies you have with you, you may do some of these activities while reading, or all. 

"Active" reading will help you focus, and help you understand what you are reading. 
Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose, and let us know what you think!