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Notice and note practice passages10/6/2023 ![]() If you must remain silent, mumble the words to yourself, or at least mouth the words, and say them in your head. If you are in your own room, you can actually say each word aloud. Placing a piece of paper under the line you are reading can help you to move smoothly from one line to the next. ![]() Pointing to each word with a pencil or your finger can help your eye see where it should be reading. You can mark your place either by pointing to each word as you read it, or by placing a sheet of paper underneath the line you are reading. If you do not rest your mind, you will likely get fatigued and it will cost you points. Remember, cognitive fatigue can lead to all of the aforementioned problems, and to other problems as well. Just knowing about these techniques is not enough be sure to use and practice them as you read the sample passages. There are certain steps you can take to alleviate the damage done by some of the previously mentioned reading problems. If you come to the end of the passage and cannot recall what it was about, you need to improve your retention. ![]() You still need to recall the main ideas of the passages. Just because you don’t have to memorize all of the facts does not mean that you can completely forget everything that you have read. This wastes time and energy, and makes comprehension impossible.Įven though the words and sentences may make sense, you may not be able to put them together to get the meaning of the passage. How many times have you been reading a passage, and realized halfway through that you have no idea what you have just read? Instead of paying attention to the text, you are thinking about what you are going to do later, what some friend said, or why you have to take the stupid SAT. Losing your place wastes time and can inhibit your comprehension. You can lose your place two different ways: you can lose track of what word you are on at any point, or you can lose track of what line you are on when moving from one line to the next. For each difficulty, I will discuss the symptoms and then list possible solutions. Here are some of the more common problems readers face. First I will cover the problems, and then in “Solutions to Common Reading Problems” I’ll tell you how to solve them. This section will teach you how to solve many of the problems that plague students while they read Passage-Based Reading passages. Excerpt from “Reading Difficulties and Solutions” in LD SAT Study Guide
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