As a follow-up activity, ask students to rewrite their answers to the questions after they complete the reading. Get Students to Interact with the Text Students need to realize that reading is not a one-way street where the author gives all the necessary information to the reader. Before I read this text, the author assumed that I believed . . . After I finished reading this text, the author wanted me to believe . . . Tell students to first skim the chapter to orient themselves to the subject.
Students then begin reading, keeping their questions in mind.
When they finish the chapter, students review the reading and answer the questions again. Give students questions that force them to think about the passage on different levels. Ask students to keep a reading log or journal. For all or selected reading assignments, ask students to write two different entries in a log. Students See the Organization and Purpose Most of us who have read a used textbook have wondered why the first owner highlighted or underlined an insignificant sentence or passage.