Reading Strategies

To help understand a reading beter it helps to proofread abd just kind of skim through the reading first. Look at any pictures and in the book it says to ignore words you don't know. Usually when I proofread I look up the words so when I'm reading the real reading I understand it better. Another way to understand a reading better is to analyze the argument. Break the reading apart and see if it has a main point. Does the reading give reasons to support whatever it is talking about? Make sure that the writer doesn't assume you know about the discussion, it should be intoduced in the reading so there are no assumptions.