English Homework

SQ3R Strategy for Reading and Notetaking

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Survey • Look at title.

• Read the summary, if present.

• Read the introduction.

• Read the headings & subheadings.

• Look at diagrams & illustrations.

• Determine the topic of the text.

Q Question • Create questions about headings,

subheadings, graphics.

• Predict what might be learned by reading this text.

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Read & Annotate

• Look for main ideas (topic sentences)

• Find supporting details about the topic for each paragraph or section.

• Determine how this paragraph or

section relates to the Main Claim (thesis).

R Recite • Stop periodically.

• Recite information about the main ideas and supporting details.

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Review • Review all information.

• Reflect on information needed for

essay.

• Organize Notes on viewpoints chart.