Muscle Reading

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• Muscle Reading
• Before you read Pry out questions
• While you read Root up answers
• After you read Recite, review, and review again

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• Preview
• Look over table of contents
• Keep it short (5 minutes)
• Look for summary statements
• Read all chapter headings and subheadings
• Look for boldface words and definitions
• Look for familiar concepts or facts
• Dont try to memorize

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• Outline
• Helps to organize complex material
• Headings are the major and minor entries in
  outlines

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• Question
• Make them creative or playful
• Write them down so you can ask in class

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• Read
• 1. Be in the here and now
• 2. Avoid marathon reading sessions
• 3. Take breaks
• 4. Visual the material
• 5. Read it aloud
• 6. Get a feel for subject

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• Underline
• Wait until after you have completed a chapter
• Underline no more than 10

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• Answer
• 1. Write them down
• 2. Fill in outline

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• Recite
• Talk out loud
• Do it in front of a mirror
• Use friends or study groups

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• Review
• Within 24 hours
• Only has to be 15 minutes
• Review Again
• Weekly or even monthly
• Use waiting times
• 3. May need longer reviews week of test

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• Dictionary
• A. Improves vocabulary
• B. Desk one you can use each day and fits in
  your lap
• C. Unabridged usually in library and in
  bookstore
• D. Construct a word stack (index cards)
• E. Look at root words

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• Reading Fast
• A. Get body ready (sit up straight or stand up)
• B. Set time limits (50 minutes)
• C. Relax but be alert
• D. Move eyes faster
• E. Notice and release ineffective habits
• F. Skim the chapters first
• G. Find other resources on subject

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• Reading tough material
• Read it again
• Look for essential words
• Hold a mini review
• Read it aloud
• Use instructor
• Stand up
• Find a tutor
• Use another text that is easier to read
• Pretend you understand it
• Ask yourself questions

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• English as a second language
• A.     English is one of the most difficult
  languages to learn
• B.     Give it time
• C.     Use muscle reading
• D.     Get a meaning of words
• E.      Practice speaking and writing in English
• F.      Think in English
• G.     Learn academic English
• H.     Celebrate your gains
• I.        Use school resources

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• Reading with Children
• Attend to child first (give them a few minutes
  before beginning)
• 15 minute rule (before breakfast or after they
  are asleep)
• Plan activities to keep them busy
• Use television creatively
• Allow for interruptions
• Plan study breaks with them
• Develop a routine
• Ask for help (community activities and services)
• Make it a game

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• Power Process 4 Notice your pictures and let
  them go
• Negative ones affect how we think, feel, and act
• They are not strictly visual images (include all
  of the senses)
• They can prevent us from seeing the real picture
  and cause feelings of anger and disappointment
• Take charge of them
• Notice them
• Let go of old ones and replace them with new,
  more positive ones
• Embrace diversity

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• Helen Keller
• Blind, deaf, and mute since 18nths
• Taught self to read, write, and speak