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2. Looking Ahead
Looking ahead is similar to looking at a road map before taking a trip; it prepares the mind. To look ahead:
• Skim through the chapter or section. Look at subheadings, pictures, and graphic representations to get an idea of what is coming.
• Anticipate. Encourage students to write down their predictions of the concepts they will be learning and, afterwards, to compare their predictions with what they actually encountered.
3. Questioning
• What do we want to know from this reading?
• Take the chapter title and subheadings and turn them into questions, to focus the mind and create a reading goal.
Forming questions or predictions about the upcoming reading helps to create a focus for the student during the reading, so the student doesn't just stare aimlessly at the words on a page. Questions make the reading more active and purposeful.
