• All the steps of the reading process are necessary to become a successful reader. These may be difficult at first, but soon the rewards will be worth it.

    [Stage 1] [Stage 2] [Stage 3]

    The final stage of reading involves organizing and creating relationships about what you have read. If you want to remember what you read, post-reading is a must. Some strategies to use are

    		rewrite your rapid read summary by adding
    information from your one sentence summaries of each paragraph;
    outline the material read;
    recite the main points of section;
    create a test of the most important points;
    create a semantic map;
    add unknown vocabulary to your vocabulary list;
    teach the information to a friend, child or spouse;
    find an authority to help if all else fails.
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