1. Preview: Before you begin reading, look ahead. Glance at the pages you intend to read so that you mind can start making predictions As you look over the material, ask yourself questions. Don’t expect to answer all the questions at this point; their purpose is to focus your thoughts. To preview a chapter in a textbook, first look at the table of contents. How does this chapter fit into the whole book? What topics come before? Which come after? Now turn to the chapter you’re assigned and read all the headings, large and small. Note the boldfaced words(in darker print), and all visuals and their captions, including photographs, drawings,figures,tables, and boxes. IF there’s a glossary at the end of the chapter, scan it for words you do and do not know.