As a college student you are regularly assigned to read designated chapters for that particular course. Reading multiple books from different classes can be somewhat difficult and confusing. Applying the FLIRT system before you read can really help you understand the text. Here are the five steps to becoming a successful reader:
Find The Form: Preview the text to determine the genre demands and establish your reading behaviors. (Example: non-fiction, fiction, poetry, etc.)
Look At The Text Features: Skim the text features to create interest and identify essential themes.
Identify Connections: Make connections to determine what you already know about the topic and identify difficult sections.
Reveal The Purpose: Ask questions to set a purpose and to anticipate the author’s point of view.
Transfer To Organizer: Scan for transition words to determine the external structure and establish a system for organizing new information.
In conclusion, FLIRTing with the text is a great way to become familiar with the reading for a better and complete understanding. By following these guidelines you are guaranteed satisfaction in understanding the whole text.
This was a guest blog by colleget student, Adrien Pagan. I would love to hear your secrets for preparing your mind to read. Share your thoughts below or join the conversation on facebook.com/myreadingsecrets If you liked this post, sign up for my newsletter for more tips to become a better student.
Find The Form: Preview the text to determine the genre demands and establish your reading behaviors. (Example: non-fiction, fiction, poetry, etc.)
Look At The Text Features: Skim the text features to create interest and identify essential themes.
Identify Connections: Make connections to determine what you already know about the topic and identify difficult sections.
Reveal The Purpose: Ask questions to set a purpose and to anticipate the author’s point of view.
Transfer To Organizer: Scan for transition words to determine the external structure and establish a system for organizing new information.
In conclusion, FLIRTing with the text is a great way to become familiar with the reading for a better and complete understanding. By following these guidelines you are guaranteed satisfaction in understanding the whole text.
This was a guest blog by colleget student, Adrien Pagan. I would love to hear your secrets for preparing your mind to read. Share your thoughts below or join the conversation on facebook.com/myreadingsecrets If you liked this post, sign up for my newsletter for more tips to become a better student.
I like the way you explained the key to understanding what you read is FLIRTing before you start. Everyone loves to FLIRT, so why not apply those skills to required reading. I bet you'll like it!
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ReplyDeleteGood summary. Short and to the point but you can still understand exactly what you're supposed to do step by step. Really good job!
ReplyDeleteI thought that this blog covered FLIRT perfectly as a whole. Good Job! I agree that FLIRT can be very helpful to understanding reading especially at a college level. Balancing a couple texts books is common and I think this will be very helpful!
ReplyDeleteI thought this was good not difficult to understand and not much to read great with taking a big thing and making it into smaller words to understand more clearly
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Thought this blog was great. Not a hard read and was short and to the point. All the info was broken down into a couple things that you mainly need to know. Great job!
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