Problem: Article: Asking yourself some pre-reading questions can make it easier for you to retain what you read. Before you start reading a text, determine what you need to discover from the text. Some instructors will provide students with a list of questions to help them stay focused as they read. You might ask your instructor about good questions to keep in mind as you read. You can also develop your own questions. For example, you might simply ask, what is the focus of this chapter? Give yourself plenty of time to read and take breaks as needed. It is better to go slowly when you read a text than to rush through it and have to re-read it later on. Make sure that you provide yourself with plenty of time to read and understand what you read. For example, if you have to read 40 pages of a book by Friday, start reading on Monday and just read 10 pages per night. Don't put off reading until Thursday night. Making notes in the margins whenever you encounter something important is more effective than highlighting or underlining the passage. Try reading with a pen in your hands instead of holding a highlighter. You can write key words in the margins, ask questions, or comment on something that just happened. Writing summaries of what you just read can help you to commit the information to memory as well. After you finish reading a chapter of a book or a short story, take a minute to write a brief summary of what you just read. In your summary, don't worry about including every little detail. Instead, try to provide a nice overview of the action. You also might want to include a paragraph where you discuss your ideas about the reading. For example, if something surprising happened in the chapter, you might talk about how you reacted to it and why. Summaries are also a good place to record information about symbols, themes, and characters. For example, you might note that the author uses nature symbolism to describe certain characters. There are many online guides that you can utilise in order to better comprehend the literature that you're assigned to read. Websites like SparkNotes and CliffsNotes provide summaries, character analyses, interpretations, helpful hints, essay tips and more for many different books. Read these after completing your reading assignment to feel more confident in understanding the material. Don't rely solely on reading SparkNotes or CliffsNotes. Reading only these guides will usually not give you enough information to be successful. Teaching someone else about the text that you have been reading is a great way to commit the information to memory as well. Try telling a classmate or friend about the chapter you just read. When you tell someone about the reading, try to summarize the main ideas and explain anything that might be difficult to understand if you have not read the book. Make sure that you explain the reading in your own words. Don't just repeat parts of what you read word-for-word.
Summary: Ask questions before you begin. Take your time. Write in the margins. Summarize what you have read. Use online study guides after reading. Tell someone about the reading.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The first thing you will need to do is open your preferred Internet browser. Once you have the browser open, click on the address bar and search for www.plus.google.com. This will bring you to the Google+ log-in page. You will be asked for your Google e-mail address and password. Click on each box individually and type in your Gmail e-mail address and password. When you are finished, click "Sign in" to access your account. " In the middle of the screen is a white box with the words "Share what's new," and below that are a couple of different buttons. The third one over says "Link"; click on this to continue. This will cause a new window to pop up. In the first box you can type a comment regarding the link you are sharing. Open a new tab on your browser, and find the website you want to link to your Google+. Once on the website, highlight the URL (on the address bar) by clicking and dragging your mouse over it. Copy it by right-clicking and selecting "Copy" from the options. When you are finished, go back to the Google+ link box, and click on the line directly below your message, where it states "Enter or paste a link." Right-click on the area and select "Paste" from the options that appear. You can click on the "Add more people" button to bring up a list of the people on your Friends List. You can pick through the different groups and pick which one you want to share the link with. When you have finished pasting the link and deciding who you are going to share the link with, click the green "Share" button on the bottom-left side of the pop-up box.

SUMMARY: Head to the Google+ website. Log in. Select "Link. Type in your message. Get the link that you will post. Add the link to your message. Tag people. Post your link.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Have all of your workout clothes and equipment ready to go the night before so that you are not struggling to find your things the next morning. This will make it easier to get out of bed and head to your workout. Pack your gym bag. If you go to the gym, pack your bag with everything you will need for your workout. It can be helpful to create a list of everything that you typically need and save it somewhere that is easy to reference. Set out your equipment the night before if you workout at home. If your equipment is ready to go, you will save yourself from having to search for the things you need and wasting precious morning minutes. It will also make it that much easier to start working out before you can begin making excuses as to why you shouldn't or don't have time. It is important to remember to set your alarm so that you do not sleep through your workout window. Clock radios are quite popular and commonly used. Some people prefer to wake up to the sound of the radio rather than a startling alarm. There are many options to choose from either online or in stores that have many features and show information other than the time, such as the temperature outside and the weather. Exercise trackers and smart watches often have silent alarms that vibrate to wake you up. This will help you wake up in the morning and not disturb your partner. Once you are awake, even if you are still laying in bed, it is important to motivate yourself to get up and follow through with your workout. Once you have finished working out, you will feel accomplished and more focused at work or school.
Summary: Prepare the night before. Set your alarm. Follow through with your workout.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: You will receive this in the mail or you can look it up online under your account. You can also find this information on the company's website. There will likely be a number of figures within the report that show how the investment rose or fell during that time. What you want to annualize is the percentage figure, called the rate of return (ROR), which shows the percentage of growth (or shrinkage) you received during the previous three months. For example, at the bottom of the page of numbers it may show that your quarterly return is 1.5 percent. The annual return would be larger, because your money could be expected to have grown each quarter. The annualized return would be the percentage of growth if the investment grew at the same rate all year. In order to annualize, you first consider the time period being featured. In this case it's three months since it's a quarterly report. Then calculate how many such periods are contained in a year. Thus, there are four three-month periods (quarters) in a year. You would then use the number 4 when called for in the annualizing formula. If you were trying to annualize a monthly return, you would use the number 12.
Summary:
Obtain the investment's quarterly report. Find the quarterly rate of return. Calculate how many time periods there are in a year.