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Active Reading and Learning

Books gave me the idea there was life beyond my poor Mississippi home. Oprah Winfrey

Be an Active Reader


§Stay focused and alert
§Concentrate on main points
§General understanding
§Dialog with the author and jot down questions


Read difficult material out loud – standing up.
Write in the margins
Draw illustrations
Underline
Sketch
Take notes
Key points
Key words

Apply the Adult Learning Cycle


§Relate – Why do I want to learn this?
§Observe – How does this work?
§Reflect – What does this mean?
§Do – What can I do with this?
§Teach – How can I relay this information to others?

SQ3R Reading System


§Survey
§Question
§Read
§Recite
§Review

Preview material and predict questions


§Make questions out of chapter headings and definitions
§Read to find answers

Outline main points and make connections


§Link new information with what you already know
§Look for similarities and differences
§Look for examples

Integrate Learning Styles


Draw pictures, charts, and diagrams
Use different-color pens to highlight
Read difficult material out loud - Use funny voices
Tape sections to memorize and play them back
Visualize keywords and main ideas
Act it out
Add tactile sensations

practice


The more I read, the better reader I become.
Reading becomes a pleasurable activity.
My vocabulary increases.
My knowledge base increases.

Build a strong vocabulary


§Learn new words
§Incorporate new words
§The more words you know without looking them up the easier reading becomes


Improve vocabulary
Dictionary
Vocabulary book
Observe speech habits

Giant Statement June 16

Help your neighbor's boat across the river and lo, your own has reached the shore. -- Hindu proverb

Giant Statement June 11th

If you are not fired up with enthusiasm you'll soon be fired with enthusiasm. --Vince Lombardi

Giant Statement June 1st

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. --Alvin Toffler

Giant Statement June 3rd

Stumbling blocks and stepping stones are the same thing, it depends on how you use them. --Unknown

Push to succeed.

Push through self-doubt. Don't lose all your self doubt it can push you to great success.

Get a goal to push you

Get a challenge to push you

Get a deadline to push you

Go for self-discipline to push you

Get a mother or others to push you

Get competition to push you

Get a tormentor or mentor to push you

Push through shyness but keep the good things about being shy - shy people spend more time Reading Learning Focusing Observing Listening Imagining

Just decide what pushes you and use it to help you achieve great heights.

Synthesis Journals

"If I have seen further, it is because I stood on the backs of giants." --Sir Isaac Newton

Each day a journal entry will be required. The journals should be approximately 1/2 page.

These are due at the end of class each day for the day class. The night class, the journals will be

due at the beginning of each session.

The journal should be a synthesis of What I Learned Today and
How I Will Use This Information. Each journal should address the Giant Statement distributed in class and online. Also include a statement of something for which you are grateful.

Giant Statement June 2nd

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. --Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, July 2003