The Reading Process

1. The Reading Process P-R-O

2. It’s a Process • Everybody does it • Efficient readers – more automatic • Struggling readers – need to be aware of steps • P-R-O • Prepare to read • Read actively and Reflect • Organize information to use it

3. P-R-O Prepare to Read

4. Invisible Habits • Purpose – why are you reading? • Info – like the Sports page (quick scan) • Studying - Review for a state licensing exam (slow and methodically) • For enjoyment (comfortable speed to engage) • Preview • Scan to get an idea • Previous Knowledge • What do you already know about the topic? • Connect to ideas you already know • Predict • what might be answered? (Textbooks) • What will happen next? (Fiction/Non-fiction)

5. Study Skills Hint: • Take cues from professors: “Be sure you know___by the next class.” • End of chapter questions tell you what you should be learning from the reading in that chapter – if you can’t answer the question, you need to slow down your reading and go over the material again.

6. P-R-O Read Actively and Reflect

7. Reading Actively means… • You’re paying attention • You’re interested • Keep an open mind • YOU find the value • You’re alert and attentive You monitor and check for understanding • What did I just read? • End of chapter questions?

8. Check it! Check for understanding as you read… • What did I just read? • End of chapter questions?

9. Reflecting means… • “…thinking about the concepts, ideas, interpretations, and emotions you’ve read about” (Alexander & Lombardi 20). • Connect new information to prior knowledge= Greater Depth of thought = Critical Thinking (What your professors want you to show)!

10. Old Knowledge + New Knowledge Useful? Signifcant Facts Opinions Meaningful Ways Reflecting is E.A.Sy. • Reflecting = critical thinking = E.A.Sy. • E = Explore(useful? significant?) • A = Analyze(compare fact vs opinion, theories vs laws, etc.) • Sy = Synthesize(mix old & new knowledge making new concepts)

11. Practice Reflecting Explore – Describe some fast food ads you’ve seen aimed at children. Analyze – Choose one of the ads listed above, and separate out the facts from opinions within the ad. Synthesize – How might this ad be re-written to include only factual information and still sell the product?

12. P-R-O Organize What You’ve Read

13. S.U.R.R.E. you’re Organized • Select the information • Select - Facts, notes, tables, graphs, quotes, concepts, etc. • Use by: • Summarizing and paraphrasing • Underlining and writing notes in margins • Answering end of chapter questions • Making graphic organizers, timelines, etc. • Discussing concepts

14. S.U.R.R.E. • Rewrite notes into a useful order then… • Re-say them aloud.

15. Try this to “self test” • Could I explain this information to others? • Can I apply what I’ve learned to similar problems but with different variables?

16. S.U.R.R.E. • Examine your information again to be sure. • Most forgetting occurs within 24 hours unless you review it. • Schedule a review • 24 hours • In 2 days • In a week • In 2 weeks • Just before midterms • Just before finals • (this means for all concepts)

17. Review • Reading is a process • Everyone uses the steps – some people do it more automatically than others. • The P-R-O steps are: • Preparing to Read • Reading Actively and Reflecting • Organizing the information to be used