1. i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life and love and wings; and of the gay great happening illimitably earth)

2. Reading Strategies Where are the key points ? Introduction Conclusion The topic sentence of each paragraph (often the first)

3. Reading strategies Find the best time Allocate short, regular times Engage with the subject Listen to music ? Focus without distraction

4. Reading barriers Reading aloud Going backwards Stopping to check

5. Solution Keep going !

6. How do you feel about reading ? Ways of making it more enjoyable … … read what you like … share with a friend … set limits, engage actively, stop

7. Note-making Purposes 1: Summarising

8. Note-making Purposes 2: Synthesising

9. Note-making Purposes 3: Critically analysing