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BELOW ARE SIX KEYS (STRATEGIES OR TOOLS) TO HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER READER, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING, AND REMEMBER WHAT IT IS YOU JUST READ!


 * BUT... YOU HAVE TO PUT THE WORK IN TO GET THE RESULTS - WITHOUT AN EFFORT, NOTHING CAN BE GAINED. YOU CAN DO IT! **

1. **MAKE CONNECTIONS ** - connect with past experiences or your background knowledge - How can I relate?

2. **QUESTIONING ** - ask to clarify confusion or establish literal facts - I wonder...?... What does the author mean?...

3. **INFERRING ** - read between the lines, make predictions - What clues are being given?

4. **VISUALIZING ** - creating visual images - Do I see a "movie" playing in my head while I read? Can I see people, or objects?

5. **DETERMINING IMPORTANCE ** - remember important information, build background, distinguish importance from interesting - What should I remember? What is important, why? What do I need to know, what is nice to know?

6. **SYNTHESIZING ** - make generalizations, personalize the information, combine new info with old info to form original ideas - Can I put this into my own words? Did I stop to think about what I was reading?