1. Textbook Reading
Text
Book
Five Day Reading Plan

2. Day 1: Friday Pre-reading Strategy Just browse the Chapter. Look At:
Pictures & Captions
Timelines
Maps
Section Titles

3. Day 2: Saturday Skimming and Scanning Read the
Introduction to the Chapter
The 1st paragraph of each section
The 1st sentence of each paragraph

4. Day 3: Sunday Careful reading of the entire chapter
Read in a quiet undisturbed environment
Do all reading in a single setting.
Take a break every minutes
You will already have a good idea of what is in the chapter. Your are now filling in the missing details.

5. Day 4: Monday Skimming and Scanning + take Notes
Focus on the Thesis of the Chapter
Take notes ONLY on details that support the thesis – NOTHING ELSE!
This should be a summation of what you read put into your own words.
A good average is one page of notes to every 4-5 pages of text.

6. Day 5: Tuesday Note Cards On the Front of the 3x5 card Terminology
Names
On the Back of the 3x5 card
A simple one or two sentence definition or description

7. Leader of Communist Chinese revolution
3” x 5” card
Mao Zedong
Leader of Communist Chinese revolution
Back
Front

8. Fridays Collect cards Collect reading notes Take test
Start the process again