Reading

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Chapter 4
Chapter 4

• Reading
• An active,
• energy-consuming,
• sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat
• business!

Reading An active, energy-consuming, sit-on-the-e
dge-of-your-seat business!
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Muscle Reading
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Muscle Reading

• Keeps you . . .

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Muscle Reading

• Keeps you . . .

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Muscle Reading

• Keeps you . . .

Alert
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Muscle Reading

• Keeps you . . .

Alert
Active
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Muscle Reading

• Keeps you . . .

Alert
Active
Aware
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How Muscle Reading Works
Preview
Outline
Question
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How Muscle Reading Works
Preview
Before you read...
Outline
Question
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Before you read Step 1 Preview

• Survey the entire assignment
• Look at table of contents
• Flip through the pages of the text
• Keep preview short

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Before you read Step 1 Preview

• Look for familiar concepts
• Read summary statements
• Read chapter headings
• Read the preface

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Before you read Step 1 Preview

• Look for recommended readings
• Reflect on what you already know
• Determine your reading strategy

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Before you read Step 2 Outline

• Outlining time will vary
• Textbook may provide outline or sketch a brief
  outline
• Section titles/headings serve as major/minor
  topics

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Before you read Step 2 Outline
Outline Format Chapter Title I. Major topic
A. Minor topic B. Minor topic II. Major
topic A. Minor topic B. Minor topic
C. Minor topic

• Sample
• Outline

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Before you read Step 3 Question

• Ask what you want from the assignment
• Write down a list of questions
• Turn chapter headings into questions
• Make questions playful and creative

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How Muscle Reading Works
Before you read...
Preview
Outline
Question
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How Muscle Reading Works
Before you read...
Preview
Read
While you read...
Outline
Underline
Question
Answer
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While you read Step 4 Read
While you read Step 4 Read

• Be here now!
• Avoid marathon reading sessions
• Stay focused

• Be here now!
• Avoid marathon reading sessions
• Stay focused

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While you read Step 5 Underline

• Deface your books
• Create signals for reviewing
• Avoid underlining too soon
• Underline less than 10 of the text
• Write in the margins

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While you read Step 6 Answer

• Get the answers to your questions
• Write the answers
• Write new questions to ask your instructor in
  class
• Be a detective

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How Muscle Reading Works
Before you read...
While you read...
Preview
Read
Outline
Underline
Question
Answer
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How Muscle Reading Works
While you read...
Before you read...
After you read...
Preview
Read
Recite
Outline
Underline
Review
Question
Answer
Review again
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After you read Step 7 Recite

• Talk to yourself about what you have read
• Talk to someone else about what you have read
• Test your recall of underlined information

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After you read Step 8 Review

• Review within 24 hours of reading the material
• Use notes to fill in missing pieces
• This review can be short

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After you read Step 9 Review again

• Review weekly or monthly
• Look over your notes
• Read highlighted parts of your text
• Recite complicated points
• Schedule some review periods in advance
• Take time to reflect on what you read

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Reading fast
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
Relax
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
Relax
Move your eyes faster
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
Relax
Move your eyes faster
Reduce regressions
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
Relax
Move your eyes faster
Reduce regressions
Scan when in a hurry
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Reading fast
Get your body ready
Set a time limit
Relax
Move your eyes faster
Reduce regressions
Scan when in a hurry
Avoid vocalizing
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Reading Fast--Caution!

• Speed isnt everything
• Skillful readers vary their rate
• purpose
• material

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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . .
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a mini-review
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor 6. Stand up
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor 6. Stand up 7. Find a tutor
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor 6. Stand up 7. Find a tutor 8. Use
another text
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor 6. Stand up 7. Find a tutor 8. Use
another text 9. Pretend you understand it
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When reading is tough
Try these strategies . . . 1. Read it again 2.
Look for essential words 3. Hold a
mini-review 4. Read it aloud 5. Use your
instructor 6. Stand up 7. Find a tutor 8. Use
another text 9. Pretend you understand it 10.
Ask Whats going on here?
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Read with a dictionary

• Construct a word stack with 3x5 cards

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Read with a dictionary
(Front)

• Construct a word stack with 3x5 cards

Copy sentence with unknown word
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Read with a dictionary
(Front)

• Construct a word stack with 3x5 cards

Copy sentence with unknown word
(Back)
Write definition of unknown word with
diacritical marks
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Read with a dictionary
(Front)

• Learn-- even when your dictionary is
  across town

Copy sentence with unknown word
(Back)
Write definition of unknown word with
diacritical marks
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Read with a dictionary

• Use more options for learning words

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Read with a dictionary

• Use more options for learning words
• context clues

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Read with a dictionary

• Use more options for learning words
• context clues
• circle or highlight continue reading

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Read with a dictionary

• Use more options for learning words
• context clues
• circle or highlight continue reading
• divide into word parts

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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Give it time
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice speaking
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice writing
Practice speaking
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice writing
Think in English
Practice speaking
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice writing
Think in English
Practice speaking
Learn academic English
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice writing
Think in English
Practice speaking
Celebrate your gains
Learn academic English
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Learning English as a second language (or vice
versa)
Get at word meanings
Use Muscle Reading
Give it time
Practice writing
Think in English
Practice speaking
Celebrate your gains
Learn academic English
Use school services
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Exercise your brain-- READ a
book!
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