How to read a textbook

   Get tips on how to read your textbooks

Textbook Readings with

Practice Exercises

   Practice your skills with web-

   based exercises

What’s the topic?

   Acquire ideas on how to identify the

   topic of a paragraph

Finding the Main Idea

  Be introduced to new thoughts on how

  to discover the Main Idea

Comprehension

   Find a new line of attack for

   understanding what you have read

Reading for Details

   Locate information on how find the

   details of the paper.

Summarizing What I Have Read

    Tips and Tools to help summarize

    what you have read

Mapping

    Map your thoughts and ideas while

    reading to help layout the story line

Inference

    Read between the lines to find out what

    the author was implying

What does this word mean?

    Find the meaning of words through the

    help of online dictionaries

Find word meanings in context

    Investigate the meaning of words

    based on the sentence

Improving my vocabulary

    Compilation of online tools to help

    improve your vocabulary skills

Graphic Aids

    Learn to read graphic aids, like pie

    charts, bar graphs and tables

Reading on the Web

   Practice your reading skills with

    informative and fun articles.

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