2 New Reading Skills:

Reading strategies are important when you are reading something that is long and is packed with information. These strategies help me keep track of the information that is given in the text or if needed refreshing my memory. Two new reading strategies that I have tried recently are highlighting in the texts and annotating. Highlighting in the texts helped me a lot because it blocked out what’s not as important. I highlighted what I thought was important information that I want to use in my essay. It was hard not to highlight the whole page. Once you are able to cut down the information it helps you better when it comes to the writing process. Another reading strategy I used is annotating. Annotating I feel was the biggest help to me. I wrote key points in the margin and this helped me remember details and what order it happened in. I also found that I get a better understanding of the text when I annotated vs when I didn’t. Both of these skills will help me when I am writing any essay especially a research project.