1. What's my purpose for reading this?

2. What do I already know about this topic?

3. What's the big picture here?

4. What's the author going to say next?

5. What are the expert questions?

6. What questions does this information raise for me?

7. What information is important here?

8. How can I paraphrase and summarize this information?

9. How can I organize this information?

10. How can I picture this information?

11. What's my hook for remembering this information?

12. How does this information fit into what I already know?

Adam Robinson, What Smart Students Know, New York, 1993, p.129, Carraway Center