Personal Reading Procedure

1. Personal Reading Procedure By: Kellen X. Reinsch

2. The Four Reader Roles

3. Reader Roles-Connector Find connections between you and the reading. You should also try to find connections between the world and other things that you have read.

4. Reader Roles-Questioner Ask questions that you have about the reading. And when you reach the end, see if you can answer those questions.

5. Reader Roles-Illustrator Visualize what is going on in the book. Or draw, sketch, or even stick figures.

6. Reader Roles-Literary Luminary/Passage Master Find a few sections in the text that are worth remembering (interesting, confusing, what might have a big impact in the text later).

7. My Pre-Reading, Reading, and Post-Reading Practices

8. Pre-Reading I check to see if I’ve read anything by the author, if so I get a good idea about what the book will be about. Tom Clancy writing about the military is an example of this.

9. Pre-Reading Cont. I also check to see if the topic is something that intrigues me. For example, I would much rather read a book about sports than read a book about fairy princesses frolicking in the forest.

10. Reading I try to use all four reader roles when I read. I try to connect things from the book to my life, the world, or other things I’ve read. I try to picture what is going on in the story in my mind. I ask questions about the story that may be answered in the future in the text. I remember certain small parts in the text that could have a big impact in the future, in the text.

11. Post-reading After I finish the book, section, or whatever else it may be, I review what I just read. I try to remember as many big and little events as I can. Afterwards, if I like the book, I try to find another book by that author about that subject.

12. Learning Strategies

13. Intrapersonal An intrapersonal learner are learners that can focus well and can focus thoughts on the topic and are aware of your thinking. This is beneficial because, like I already said, it is easy to focus. You would want this learning strategy if you have a long assignment due in a short amount of time.

14. Interpersonal If you are this kind of learner, you can communicate well with others. You care about other people’s feelings, moods, and ideas. This strategy is beneficial, it may be hard to get confused and you can convey your ideas to others in your group. This strategy would be useful to have if you are in any sort of group project.

15. Logical If you are a logical learner, you use logic and math to help you learn. You can recognize patterns with ease and can find connections in things that are hard to find connections in. This strategy is helpful because you can find patterns of anything happening and it can help guess what happens next. This would be especially beneficial if you are doing an assignment where you have to find patterns in anything.

16. Spatial If you are a spatial learner, you like using pics, drawings, and maps to organize and communicate. You can see objects, ideas and solutions in your mind. It is also easy for you to use a map. This strategy is helpful because sometimes pictures can help explain something better than words can. This strategy could be helpful if you have an assignment that you need to rely on pictures instead of words.

17. The End!