1. What Expert Readers Do!
Various Sources

2. Overview
Activate relevant, prior knowledge before, during, and after reading
Determine the most important ideas and themes in a text
Ask yourself questions
About yourself (?)
About the authors (?)
About the text itself (?)

3. Overview
Create visual and sensory images from text during and after reading
Draw inferences during and after reading
Synthesize what you read
Use a variety of fix-up strategies to repair comprehension when it breaks down
Look up words you do not know

4. Effective vs.Ineffective Strategies Before Reading the Selection
Activate background knowledge on subject through reflection and prereading
Establish a realistic reading plan after deciding length and difficulty through prereading
Understand reading task and set a clear task for reading