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Reading texts:
Marking & Underlining

In reality,
people read because they want to write.
Anyway, reading is a sort of rewriting
Jean-Paul Sartre
1905-80 French

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Read a section of your text
that you consider "manageable" but make no entries

Review the section:

Number important or sequential ideas in the margins

Underline or highlight:

  • main subjects
  • examples of these main ideas
    that help you understand them
  • unfamiliar vocabulary and/or definitions
Jot down paraphrases, questions, and summaries
in available space within the text

Develop a system to coordinate various sources 
of information:   workbooks, CDs, Web sites, classroom notes, etc.


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