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Engaged Reading Strategies

Author: Mackenzie W
Terms to Know
Active Reading

Using engagement techniques such as highlighting, underlining, and annotating to “talk back” to a text.

SQ3R

A reading comprehension strategy that involves surveying a text’s headings, subheading and so forth; pre-questioning what the text will be about; reading actively and using the information already gathered; recite or recall using keywords to answer the questions from the questioning step and clarify the text’s key points; and review your notes and textual marks (highlights/underlines, annotations).