Pre-Reading a Book 2. Pre-Reading a Chapter a. For Theme b. Many students view reading as a simple, though often burdensome, activity. Reading is an intricate skill that must be applied to many different kinds of material for many different reasons, and a student cannot expect to work effectively if he or she must read everything in the same way.
Efficient reading demands flexibility.
With these techniques students learn to evaluate critically what they read and to respond in a way that allows them to read as quickly as possible, yet still come away with a clearer grasp of the ideas they've encountered. During class, students make use of training equipment provided by the teacher. Each student uses this equipment individually in developing the course techniques and in applying these techniques to his or her own materials. In fact, students work primarily in their own textbooks and novels . Although sample materials might be used to demonstrate a particular technique, after each brief demonstration students immediately begin applying the skills they've learned to the work already assigned in their academic courses.