While Reading As you read, figure out the writer’s main idea about the topic.
Use this information to predict what the text will discuss and how challenging it will be to read. Preview the text by skimming a bit and considering headings, graphics, and other features. For example, you might make new predictions while you are reading a text or you might develop additional support for ideas when you are revising a piece of writing.īefore Reading Get your mind in gear by considering your purpose for reading a particular piece of writing and by thinking about what you already know about the topic. Writing are both recursive processes-that is, you can return to earlier steps when needed. When you find yourself stuck, step back and look at the processes of reading and writing. While writing, you stare at the single sentence you have written, unable to think of anything else to write. O these situations sound familiar? While reading, you suddenly realize you have read the same sentences several times without gaining any meaning from them.
