Specifying a purpose for reading

Planning what to do/what steps to take

Previewing the text

Predicting the contents of the text or section of text

Checking predictions

Posing questions about the text

Finding answers to posed questions

Connecting text to background knowledge

Summarizing information

Making inferences

Connecting one part of the text to another

Paying attention to text structure

Rereading

Guessing the meaning of a word from context

Using discourse markers to see relationships

Checking comprehension

Identifying difficulties

Taking steps to repair faulty comprehension

Critiquing the author

Critiquing the text

Judging how well objectives were met

Reflecting on what has been learned from the text

(Grabe & Stoller, 2011, p. 10)