$1.$ What has your own experience about reading in college been so far? Is the amount of reading challenging? What have you done to deal with it$?$

$2.$ How will the material covered in this chapter affect your work in other classes? Which of your courses requires the most reading? How will the techniques from this chapter help you be more efficient?

$3.$ How can you modify your attitude towards a reading assignment you really just don$$t want to do$?$

$4.$ How can you minimize $$life$$ interruptions $($from family and$/$or roommates$)$ to your reading time?

$5.$ Think of your most difficult subject. What features of the book can you use to understand the material better?

$6.$ Can you be effective at studying if you don$$t have good notes from your class and reading assignments? Explain your answer.

$7.$ Think about the times your study time has been interrupted in the past week $($or keep a log for this week$).$ What was the nature of those interruptions? How can you avoid them in the future?