[...]... ideas to come Using the headings and other reading aids, list the three main topics covered in Chapter 2 Answers Asking Questions Find the Facts Remember the Facts 20 READ BETTER, REMEMBER MORE I N S HORT Pre-reading strategies will help you better manage, comprehend, and remember what you read These strategies include: • Breaking the text into manageable tasks • Reading the pre-text • Skimming ahead and... skills is to get off the sidelines and become an 13 14 READ BETTER, REMEMBER MORE active reader This doesn’t mean you should work up a sweat while reading, but it does mean that you should be actively involved with the text whenever you read To become an active reader, it helps to think of reading as a dialogue where you talk with the writer, Be an Active Reader not a one-way conversation where you just... solid foundation for reading success Strategies to help you remember what you read are also included in each chapter CHAPTER Reading success depends upon your active participation as a reader This chapter will show you how to use pre-reading strategies to “warm up” to any reading task T 1 P R E -R E A D I N G S T R AT E G I E S he difference between a good reader and a frustrated reader is much like... section Otherwise, you lose the benefits you’d get from starting and stopping Perhaps you can read ten pages, take a five minute stretch, and then read ten more You might do the same for the other 20 pages tomorrow 15 16 READ BETTER, REMEMBER MORE Use Existing Section Breaks Writers will often help you learn and remember information by dividing the text into manageable chunks for you Page through this... purpose of a practice drill will be more motivated and better prepared to do the exercise well Likewise, you’ll be more motivated and better prepared to read a text if you’re aware of its purpose and what you’re about to learn P RACTICE 2 If you haven’t read the pre-text of this book, please STOP working through this chapter and read the pre-text now In particular, read through the Table of Contents... prepare for reading tasks Just as athletes enhance their performance by stretching before they go out on the court or field, active readers can significantly increase how much they understand and remember if they take a few minutes to “stretch” before they read Here are three pre-reading strategies that will dramatically improve your chances of reading success: 1 breaking up the reading task 2 reading the... news or read about current issues in a magazine It is therefore very important that you be able to understand the facts and information conveyed in these texts What will you be expected to remember and know? What do you want to remember and know? Asking a series of who, what, when, where, why, and how questions will help you get these facts so that you can remember them 21 22 READ BETTER, REMEMBER MORE. .. each section? 17 18 READ BETTER, REMEMBER MORE 3 What two things should you do to improve your chances of reading success? 4 What are the chapters in Section 1 about? Answer If you’re at all uncertain about the correct answers to this practice exercise, re -read the pre-text When you find the sentences that have the answers, underline them SKIM AHEAD AND JUMP BACK Another important pre-reading strategy... and ideas, you’re far more likely to remember them In addition, repetition is the key to mastery So the more you pre-view (skim ahead) and review Read Aloud (jump back) information, the more you seal key If your attention starts to words and ideas in your memory Each time you fade while you’re reading skim ahead and jump back, you strengthen your or the material gets diffiability to remember that material... ven the most experienced readers had to start somewhere, and that somewhere is a place they keep coming back to: the basics The chapters in this section will arm you with basic reading comprehension strategies You’ll learn a few key strategies that will help you better understand, and therefore better remember, what you read In this section, you’ll learn how to: • Use pre-reading strategies • Use a . Elizabeth L. Read better, remember more / Elizabeth Chesla. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: How to read and remember more in 20 minutes a day. 1st ed. ©1997. ISBN 1-57685-336-5 (pbk.) 1. Reading comprehension. are designed to help you better understand and remember what you read. Because you need to understand what you read in order to remember it, many chapters focus on reading comprehension strategies. BETTER, REMEMBER MORE viii remember much more of what you read by the end of one month of study. The 20 chapters are divided into four sections. Each section focuses on a related set of reading