Pro System

Reading is a conversation

P Preview, prepare/ what is your purpose?, predict

R Read Actively, Repeat, Revise your thinking
O Organize your information so that it is useful to you in achieving your purpose for reading.

Preview, prepare/ what is your purpose?, predict

§  Who am I talking with? (Author/Title)

§  What do I know about the author?

§  What is the Big Idea in this text?

§  What do I already know about it?

§  Why is this idea relevant to me? To now?

§  What visual elements help me access this text?

§  What is the purpose of this text?

Read Actively, Repeat, Revise your thinking

§  Code the text

§  Make marginal notes

§  Notice how the text is organized

§  List the topics of each paragraph

§  Note difficult vocabulary words but move on

§  Read again and revise your impressions of what this text is all about

Organize

§  Make webs

§  Create outlines

§  Design a chart

§  Connect ideas

§  Write a summary

IRW: investment reading worksheet

§  Citation Information

§  The Boundaries of the text

§  Credentials of the author

§  Current Relevance of the Text

§  Big Idea/Topic

§  Visual Aids

§  Schema matches

§  Unfamiliar words

§  Codes (key words or concepts)

§  Ideas to respond to

§  The structure of the text