Foundations of Deep Reading

Identify personal barriers to completing books and design a sustainable daily reading routine.

Apply the 'five-minute restart' technique to regain momentum with a book after a break.

Use a reading log to track progress and reflect on reading experiences, focusing on process over outcome.

Practice active annotation to question, summarize, and react to the text while reading.

Generate predictive 'what if' questions during reading to maintain engagement with the plot.

Identify the inciting incident and central conflict within a story's opening.