Active Reading Strategies PVCQCE Predict Try to figure out what will happen next and how the selection might end. Then read on to see how accurate your guesses were. Visualize Visualize characters, events, and setting to help you understand what’s happening. When you read non-fiction, pay attention to images that form in your mind as you read. Connect Connect personally with what you’re reading. Think of similarities between the descriptions in the selection and what you have personally experienced Question Question what happens while you read. Searching for reasons behind events and characters’ feelings can help you feel closer to what you are reading. Clarify Stop occasionally to review what you understand, and expect to have your understanding change and develop as you read on. Reread and use resources to help you clarify your understanding. Also watch for answers to questions you had earlier. With more difficult pieces of reading, you may need to stop and clarify more often. Evaluate Form opinions about what you read, both while you’re reading and after you’ve finished. Develop your own ideas about characters and events.