Additional Information
These links will have additional information on improving your reading comprehension.
- This checklist highlights 6 key reading habits for active reading, complete with specific suggestions and explanations of how to implement these critical strategies.
(Interrogating Texts: Six Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year, by Harvard Library; https://guides.library.harvard.edu/ld.php?content_id=44324954)
- This article explains why and how to annotate your readings. Beyond names and descriptions of successful strategies, you’ll find a useful sample of a model annotated reading.
(The Writing Process: Annotating a Text, by Rockowitz Writing Center, Hunter College, City University of New York; http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/repository/files/the-writing-process/invention/annotating-a-text.pdf (PDF))
- This concise menu of options of active reading strategies is an approachable summary keep next to you as a reminder while you read.
(Active Reading Strategies: Remember and Analyze What You Read, by The McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/active-reading-strategies