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    Restating and Summarizing

    Posted on: Monday, October 29th, 2007 in: Reading, Reading Strategies

    I used to think that, to read something, you’d just read it. But I found out that to remember something you read, you have to do something to fix it in your mind, so you don’t forget. I figured this out after studying and studying and then not remembering anything I’d read.
    Also, sometimes I’d read [...]

    More KeWL Reading

    Posted on: Monday, October 22nd, 2007 in: Reading, Reading Strategies

    Well, I looked at that blackberry cobbler recipe at http://thepioneerwomancooks.com/2007/08/the_great_cobbl-2.html. I think it helped a lot to use the KWL reading strategy… that is, first think about what I Know, then think about what I Want to know, and then after reading, think about what I Learned. Did you look at that article? The recipe [...]

    KeWL Reading for the GED

    Posted on: Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in: Reading, Reading Strategies

    I guess the hardest thing on the GED for me is reading, cuz English isn’t my first language. And reading’s not just on the reading section. The whole science and social studies parts make you do a lot of reading. So studying reading is like a 3-for-1 deal to get a higher GED score.
    I pay [...]