What You Need to Know

Key Concept Diagram

Before reading: activate prior knowledge, preview text structure, predict content

During reading: annotate (underline, note questions, connections), monitor comprehension

Visualisation: creating mental images from descriptive text aids memory and comprehension

Questioning: asking who, what, where, when, why and how while reading deepens understanding

After reading: summarise, evaluate the author's purpose, synthesise across multiple texts

Key Vocabulary

Annotation

Notes, highlights, or symbols added to a text while reading to aid comprehension and analysis

Synthesis

Combining information from multiple sources to form a new understanding or argument

Metacognition

Thinking about your own thinking and learning; monitoring your own understanding while reading

Text Structure

The way a text is organised (e.g. chronological, cause-effect, problem-solution, compare-contrast)

Knowledge Check

Select the correct answer for each question. Click "Check Answer" to see if you are right.

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of ACTIVE reading?

Reading the text from start to finish without stopping Highlighting every line equally Reading as quickly as possible to finish sooner Stopping to write a question in the margin when something is unclear

Question 2

What is the main benefit of annotating a text while reading?

It slows you down so you read more carefully and remember more It makes the pages look more colourful It helps you identify what to skip It replaces the need to understand the text

Question 3

After reading two articles with different views on social media, you write a paragraph that combines both perspectives and forms your own view. This is called:

Summarising Synthesis Paraphrasing Annotation

Advanced Reading Strategies