Active Reading Practice
The activity below will allow you to find out how well you understand active reading strategies. If you have a difficult time recognizing reading strategies and informational text features, you may return to review the information in the Let's Study section and then try this learning activity again.
You can view the activity in full screen by clicking the two diagonal arrows (⤢) in the lower right-hand corner of the activity. To exit full screen, click the arrows again. You can also use the read-aloud feature by selecting the microphone icon in the upper left corner.
Source & License: This learning activity is adapted from "What to Do Before Reading" by Excelsior Online Writing Lab, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, and "Reading Strategies: Skimming and Scanning" by Marisa Rentas, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This remix by Saylor Academy includes adapted and original instructional content. All instructional content, including AI-assisted adaptations and custom interactive learning activities created on Genially, is licensed by Saylor Academy under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Genially proprietary elements—such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content”— remain subject to Genially's Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.