How to Read a Book Two-Year Schedule for Form 3

Form 3 First Year: Part 1

week 5 ch 1 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 1-6 Active Reading
week 7 ch 1 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 7-11 Goals of Reading
week 9 ch 1 The Activity and Art of Reading pg 11-15 Reading as Learning; Present and Absent Teachers
week 11 ch 2 The Levels of Reading pg 16-20 (all)
week 13 ch 3 Elementary Reading pg 21-24
week 14 ch 3 Elementary Reading pg 24-28 Stages of Learning to Read, Stages and Levels
week 15 ch 3 Elementary Reading 28-30 Higher Levels, Democratic Ideal of Education
week 20 ch 4 Inspectional Reading pg 31-36 Skimming or Pre-reading
week 21 ch 4 Inspectional Reading pg 36-38 Superficial Reading
week 22 ch 4 Inspectional Reading pg 38-41 On Reading Speeds, Fixationd and Regressions
week 23 ch 4 Inspectional Reading pg 41-44 Problem of Comprehension, Summary
week 25 ch 5 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 45-48 Four Basic Questions
week 26 ch 5 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 48-52 Make a Book Your Own, Three Kinds of Note-making
week 27 ch 5 How to Be a Demanding Reader pg 52-56 Forming the Habit of Reading, From Many Rules to One Habit

Form 3 Second Year: Part 2

Term 1
week 2 ch 6 Pigeonholing a Book pg 59-61 Importance of Classifying
week 3 ch 6 Pigeonholing a Book pg 61-65 What You Can Learn from the Title
week 4 ch 6 Pigeonholing a Book pg 65-70 Practical vs Theoretical
week 5 ch 6 Pigeonholing a Book pg 70-74 Kinds of Theoretical Books
week 7 ch 7 X-Raying a Book pg 75-78
week 8 ch 7 X-Raying a Book pg 78-83 Stating the Unity of a Book
week 9 ch 7 X-Raying a Book pg 83-90 The Art of Outlining a Book
week 10 ch 7 X-Raying a Book pg 90-92 Reciprocal Arts of Reading and Writing
week 11 ch 7 X-Raying a Book pg 92-95 Discovering the Author's Intention, First Stage

Term 2
week 14 ch 8 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 96-100 Words vs Terms
week 15 ch 8 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 100-103 Finding the Key Words
week 16 ch 8 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 103-106 Technical Words and Special Vocabularies
week 17 ch 8 Coming to Terms With an Author pg 106-113 Finding the Meanings
week 19 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 114-116
week 20 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 117-120 Sentences vs Prepositions
week 21 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 121-124 Finding the Key Sentences
week 22 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 124-128 Finding the Prepositions
week 23 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 128-134 Finding the Arguments
week 24 ch 9 Determining an Author's Meaning pg 135-136 Finding the Solutions

Term 3
week 25 ch 10 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 137-140 Teachability as a Virtue
week 26 ch 10 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 140-145 Role of Rhetoric, Importance of Suspending Judgment
week 27 ch 10 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 145-147 Avoiding Contentiousness
week 28 ch 10 Criticizing a Book Fairly pg 147-151 Resolution of Disagreements
week 29 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 152-156 Prejudice and Judgment
week 30 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 156-160 Judging the Author's Soundness
week 31 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 160-163 Judging the Author's Completeness
week 32 ch 11 Agreeing or Disagreeing With an Author pg 163-167 Third Stage of Analytical Reading
week 33 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 168-172 Role of Relevant Experience
week 34 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 172-176 Other Books as Extrinsic Aids, How to Use Commentaries and Abstracts
week 35 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 176-182 Reference Books and How to Use a Dictionary
week 36 ch 12 Aids to Reading pg 182-188 How to Use an Encyclopedia

Last update June 29, 2017

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