The right way to read

When reading something, I like to skim over the reading. I like to see how long it is and if anything stands out at me when I first look it over. I then read the article or paper. I usually take a pen or highlighter to the important parts because that is what I was taught to do when reading, identify the most important parts. Another thing to do is to read the first paragraph and pick out the thesis of the article; you will know what the story is about. 

If you read something and do not understand it, you can always go back and reread the article or you can just go over what you did when you were reading the article. The thesis and annotations will help you understand.