I liked how today’s reading was short. It kept me interested because it was simple. I liked the suggestions that the reading offered. I know that it’s important to read critically, but I sometimes don’t do so. When reading new and unfamiliar texts, I like to make predictions about what’s going to happen. It keeps me interested in the book because I want to know if the predictions that I have made are correct, or close to being correct. If there is a table of contents available, I always skim over it. This helps me base my predictions before I start the reading. I also like to make predictions based on the title of the text. If the title sounds interesting, then it makes me want to read the text. When reading short text, I like to just get the gist or central idea first, and then go back and read the text again as well .I liked how the reading discussed doing this. It helps me get a better understanding of what I’m reading if I can read it more than once. I find myself pausing quite often. It’s good that this was brought up, because I know I’m not the only one who has to pause a lot while reading. It helps me to just stop and gather the information that I’ve read into a better understanding. Annotating a text is a good idea. I don’t usually do this, but it would be helpful if I did all the time. I do highlight a lot if I’m reading information that’s really important that I don’t want to forget. I don’t use sticky notes though or write down questions. Like making predictions, I believe it’s important to form expectations as well in order to keep interested while reading. Making summaries always benefit me because I’ll have something to look back on later if I forget things that were discussed in the reading. I try to make my summaries detailed, so I don’t have to go back searching through the text if I’m confused about a section.