Prereading

Prereading strategies resemble backward design. Before reading think of questions of what are you reading for, in this case the questions asked by Eleaine are a good start and being able to come up with a few more as you progress with this strategy. Preview the chapters and chapter headins to get an idea about what you are reading, look at any graphics presented. Check out bold print and check chapter ends for additional questions, resources or any other potential information quickly obtained.

This process should not take more than a few minutes but it is like warming up for a sports activity in this case getting your mind warmed up and focused for the task at hand.