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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

• Reading critically
• Prereading strategies
• SQ3R reading method
• KWL reading method
• Reading difficult material
• Taking notes from a text book
• Reading assignments in science
• Reading essays
• Marking & underlining ◄

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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