Read hard chapters in three passes

Learning to Learn · Learning to Learn · ages 16-18

Name ______________________ Date ____________

You meet an unknown word mid-paragraph. What is your first move?
- Stop reading for the day
- Copy the word fifty times
- Use context clues first
What is each pass for in a three-pass reading?
- Shape, then hard parts, then summary from memory
- Speed, then speed, then speed
- Skipping, skimming, then quitting
One recalled paragraph beats ten highlighted pages at exam time.
Circle one: True False
You have reread one sentence five times and it still will not yield. What now?
- Reread it five more times
- Recap, name it, re-enter
- Skip the whole chapter
When should you stop and look a term up right away?
- When it appears once in a passing detail
- Never, since dictionaries weaken memory
- When it returns or carries the argument
A chapter feels impossibly hard. What is often the real problem?
- A gear mismatch
- The author's handwriting
- The chapter's page count
Whose notes will survive until exams: Ari, who copies sentences, or Bel, who writes ideas shut-book as if explaining to a friend?
- Ari, since his file is thicker
- Bel, since translating ideas forces meaning
- Both, since volume equals learning
Dan wrestles a dense paragraph on tariffs. Which routine unlocks it?
- Highlight it and move on forever
- Close the book, write what he remembers, use clues or a dictionary, then reread
- Read it once at triple speed

Answer key

For grown-ups. Fold this page away before handing over the rest.

Use context clues first · Context clues and word parts often unlock the meaning. Guessing first also makes the confirmed meaning stick harder.
Shape, then hard parts, then summary from memory · Shape first gives the map, wrestling second does the work, memory third proves it stuck.
True · True. Recall proves the idea moved into your head. Highlights only prove your pen moved.
Recap, name it, re-enter · Hopeful staring never surrenders meaning. Naming the confusion clearly is already halfway to solving it.
When it returns or carries the argument · Pivotal or repeated terms repay the stop. Passing details cost momentum you will need later.
A gear mismatch · Same sleepy pace for every text exhausts you or leaves you lost. Matching gear to goal drops the difficulty.
Bel, since translating ideas forces meaning · Copying lets the hand work while the mind naps. Translating forces the decision where learning happens.
Close the book, write what he remembers, use clues or a dictionary, then reread · Attempt, check, and repair moves ideas into the head. Colourful highlights only feel productive.