Reading texts: Marking & Underlining In reality, people read because they want to write. Anyway, reading is a sort of rewriting Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-80 French | |
| Read a section of your text that you consider "manageable" but make no entries Review the section: Number important or sequential ideas in the margins Underline or highlight: - main subjects
- examples of these main ideas
that help you understand them - unfamiliar vocabulary and/or definitions
Jot down paraphrases, questions, and summaries in available space within the text Develop a system to coordinate various sources of information: workbooks, CDs, Web sites, classroom notes, etc. | |