Now that you have previewed some important academic vocabulary words and Historical References that you will find in this week's Hidden Figures reading, let's focus on another reading strategy that can help you more deeply understand text as you read chapters 10-13  this week. 

Remember in Week Four, you learned about our first reading strategy which was to preview the text, its cover, the back, inside Table of Contents, etc. to get familiar with the book and ask questions about what will be discovered.

The second reading strategy was presented in Week Five - the KWL strategy - where you thought about what you already KNOW about the topic; then you were asked what you may WANT to know more about, and finally, after you have read the chapters, what you LEARNED about the subjects and events.

These are all strategies designed to get you, the reader, more engaged with the text, presenting yourself as an "interactive" reader with the material. And why do we suggest this? Studies have shown that the more engaged the reader is with the material, the more deeply the reader comprehends and recalls facts, details, themes, new concepts, vocabulary, and plot structure.

And guess what? The better reader you are, the better writer you are.

The third learning strategy in this Module is something we touched upon before in Week Four about marking your book. It's called Annotating a Text.  

Annotating the Text

Watch this video about a reading strategy called Annotating the text.

Enlarge the screen (in right-hand corner) and click on "CC" for Closed Captions.