Reading Article Reflection

From this article I have learned that although I use some of these strategies, there are many more I could use to make myself a better, stronger reader. The strategies that I use when I read are that I find the main idea of the novel or literature I am reading, I compare the piece of literature to prior knowledge and connect them to real life experiences, I ask questions and annotate the book as I read, and I re read parts of the reading that I did not understand the first time. Depending on the task or subject I feel that I do read differently because for me to understand a piece of literature I have to adapt and use different skills to comprehend it. I feel that I am a good reader because I read slow enough for me to understand what I'm reading but I feel that I am weak in being able to analyze what I am reading. From this document I will take away the strategies of looking up words that I am not familiar with and keeping a list of questions I have so I can go back and re read to answer them. Annotating was not a new experience for me because I annotated last year in English but I have a hard time distinguishing between important and minor details. I like annotating because it makes it easier to look back in the book and be able to remember and understand what I read and I feel that it helps my reading experience by making me aware of all the details that occurred. Lastly, this experience will affect my future reading strategies because I will grow from each experience and learn to adapt to new and better strategies to ultimately make me a better reader.