1.1 – What are Active Reading Skills and Strategies 

• SQ4R

• Annotation

• Summary

1.2 – Topic and Main Ideas  

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Location of a Main Idea in a Passage

1.3 – Supporting Details 

• Major vs Minor Supporting Details

1.4 – Implied Main Ideas 

• Steps to identifying implied main ideas in a passage

1.5 – Notetaking Systems  

• The Cornell Method

• Outlining

• Concept Mapping and Visual Notetaking

1.6 – Reading and Notetaking Application Activities 

• Figure 1:1: “Student Success Essay” by Joe Cuseo

• Figure 1:2: “Key Findings about Going to College” by Andrea Caumont

• Figure 1:3: “Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S.” by National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)

1.7 Chapter Review 

• Summary of strategies learned