Students were not sure what part of their memory to access to make sense of their confusions. Students will realize that reading will be much more efficient and successful if they have done some frontloading before they tackle the text. He wants to know what to expect and he wants to make some predictions for what might happen. He also wants to anticipate strategies he can use during the play to be successful. A first read, or preview, is done at an accelerated skim rate, and it requires a very active and aggressive mind set.
Students come to expect connections in a reading with what they already know or have experienced.
Students are conditioned to make predictions about a passage, and then read to confirm or reject these predictions.