1.3 Strategies During Reading

Visualize and Draw Pictures

As you read, you want to visualize. Good readers try to visualize or picture what they are reading. You want to make pictures and create your own "movie" in your mind.

Our brains are attracted to images - so what a better idea than to draw images to help you remember what you read!

Here are some strategies:

When you find you are really visualizing something, do a quick drawing by the paragraph in the book. It does not have to be anything fancy - just a stick figure will do.

If you are not allowed to draw in the book, you can do it on a sticky note or in notebook where you are taking down notes about what you are reading.

You can cut images from a magazine to go with what you reading.

You can also look online for images, print them off, and glue them into your notebook. You can create a collage of images for each unit or chapter either in paper format or on a computer document.

You can draw specific scenes that captured your attention.