This document provides an overview of active and passive reading. Active reading involves reading with purpose and goals, knowing what is important, creating an overview, being flexible, and understanding different text structures. Passive reading has no goals or questioning and focuses on quantity over comprehension. The document encourages reflection on past reading experiences and acquiring new strategies to improve future reading.

1. Smart Reading Online Workshop
Part 1: Active and Passive Reading
Created by: Jane Mangano

2. Active reading

3. What is Active Reading?
• Reading with a purpose
• Having goals

4. What is Active Reading?
• Knowing what is important

5. What is Active Reading?
• Creating an overview

6. What is Active Reading?
• Being flexible

7. What is Active Reading?
• Knowing the various structures of each text
type

8. What is Passive Reading?
• Reading without questioning

9. What is Passive Reading?
• No purpose or goals

10. What is Passive Reading?
• Focus on number of pages read

11. Reflection
• Complete Task 1 reflection in the AESC unit
on BB.
• This should take about five minutes.

12. Reflection
• Think about how satisfied you are with the
reading experience you wrote about.
• Would you like to be more productive?
Remember more? Produce better notes?
• By the end of this workshop, you should have
the strategies that will enhance your next
reading experience.