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Imaging Notes

by Jamie Selinger

May 18, 2008

IMAGING

 

What?

Picturing what you read in your head

  • In fiction, “make the movie” as you read.
  • In nonfiction, imagine actions, objects, processes, etc. as you read.

 

Why?

1)     It really, really helps you to focus, partially because it makes reading more interesting.

2)     It helps you to understand.

3)     It helps you to process the information more effectively so that you retain it and can access it later.

 

How?

In fiction:

  • Before you read or at the beginning, use predictions and connections to help you picture the characters and setting.  Perhaps choose yourself and friends or choose actors to play the characters.  As you read, imagine those people in that setting doing and saying the things in the book/story so that you are basically making a movie in your head as you read.

 

In nonfiction:

  • As you read, imagine the things that are being described, whether they be actions, objects, processes, etc.  Sometimes I draw diagrams, timelines, etc. in the margins to help me understand and process info.

 

 

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