THIEVES reading technique.

Title.

What do I know already? How does this relate to surrounding material? What’s the viewpoint? What assumptions am I making about the content?

Headings.

What’s the apparent topic? First paragraph topic? What question should this section answer?

Introduction.

What topics are introduced? Do I know about this topic?

Every paragraph’s first sentence.

What do these say the chapter is about?

Visuals/vocabulary.

Do the images and highlighted terms communicate anything?

End-of-chapter questions.

What do they convey is important?

Summary.

What have I learned that the summary points back to?