When I read, I usually like to go back and read the text, for a clearer understanding of it, or a way to summarize everything that happened in the reading passage/section I'm reading. I like to really bring together what I already read, so I can play it almost as a movie in my mind, so if I miss the setting of a certain part, I really cant fully bring the scene or section together. I also like to predict and guess at what the author is trying to do throughout the book, its not so much a game as it is a puzzle that as I get more pieces, I can rearrange them to make sense in my "puzzle." Another Strategy i like to initiate in my reading is the use of managing my reading, letting there be time for what I had just read to set in and allow me to find the meaning and purpose in the last chapter.
I think my reading really is affected by the topic and subject I am working on, if its something I have to read for a science class, I can just usually skim or not read in depth, because there isn't a plot or anything of substance that isn't explained in depth somewhere else. I think that I am a good reader, its not that I can necessarily read quickly, but my ability to find meaning, especially in confusing books (such as those with Shakespearean language), that makes me a good reader I feel.
I think the biggest strategy I need to work on that was mentioned in this document, is the need to a sustained and uninterrupted reading time, because I cant absorb as much if I'm always distracted and or busy with something else.
Lastly, I neeeeeeeeeeddd to annotate, my annotating skills are near non-existent, I try to annotate sometimes, but I feel like I can never pick out the right stuff. Obviously I actively read in my mind and I evaluate and assess, but I digress, I think annotating is the next step for me to become a better reader overall, and help me grow and prosper in any other English class I take down the road.
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