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Personal Reading Improvement Plan for Your Name Goes Here
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Problem Areas |
Goals |
Daily Reading Improvement Tasks for September 14 - October 27 |
| Reading too slowly _______ words/minute |
Become a more efficient reader _______ words/minute |
20 minutes of recreational reading (book club book, etc.) Practice increasing eye-span technique with one or more passages Preview and read textbook material |
| Don't comprehend enough words in general in college reading material | Increase vocabulary | Do one chapter in green vocabulary book and the online exercises for the chapter |
| Don't comprehend certain kinds of passages well, not familiar with
the terminology used in a particular field Fields of weakness: literature, science, economics, arts, history, psychology, legal matters, medical matters, technology, |
Become more comfortable with certain types of passages | Search the Internet for an article in the field of weakness and read
it List unfamiliar words from articles, make study cards for these words |
| Need to read more | Read more | Carry a book with you at all times, use spare minutes for reading Read one online news article every time you go online 20 minutes of recreational reading (book club book, etc.) Preview and read textbook material |
| Struggle with answering certain types of questions on reading tests Question types: vocabulary, main idea, details, inference, purpose, fact or opinion, tone, organization |
Learn how to tackle specific types of questions, become a more confident test taker | Do at least two online or book exercises to practice a problem skill area |
| Don't understand analysis questions and answer choices | Learn terminology used to talk about literary devices, language, and tone used by writer | Make two study cards for terms on pp. 13 and 14 of white book |
| Can't stay focused, fall asleep
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Become an active reader | Write down your reactions to what you read from recreational reading and/or textbook chapter(s), including comments and questions for the author |