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well i just went through it again and did so trying to not learn as much on this pass...lol I noticed the main characters and a general(and I mean EXTREMELY GENERAL) summary of what happened and who is who. However, it still took me probably an hour or so, would have been a little less if I wasnt dozing off every here and there, im kinda tired. I might have fallen asleep for a little of the time im not even sure. But for a 300 page book, going in 20 minute sessions, that would mean an average of 4 seconds a page! How does that work? if you average 4 seconds a page, then you gotta add in dipping, etc. which takes up even more time. In the PR book, it says to aim for 15-45 seconds a page, which is a lot more than 4.
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You got it right you spend about 4 seconds per page superreading you dip for one or 2 sentences or a paragraph. The move on. Have an idea what you are looking for during your 20 minute pass ... the characters, the plot, the theme. Be clear what you want to know from the book and ask yourself questions in relation to it. Remember the who, what, why, when, where and how questions. Write them down. If you're tired definately keep the activation short and mind map anything that comes up during the activation. Alex
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how often should I mind map? after each activation, after a few? start one after the first activation and just add on to it as I do more? I havent ever done one yet.
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Add to the same mind map after each session. I would consider a link for characters, have the character details radiating off that, Plot have plot details radiating off that, theme, setting etc all on one mind map so that you can add to it after each activation session and see it all come together. How you actually do your mind map is ultimately up to you. Certainly create one mind map and clean it up by making a new one when you're done activating the book. Alex
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Aim for getting through the book on the first pass. Your comprehension will be low, but it will be a good start. To use the brick/house metaphor, you're looking at the outside of the house here. You're not looking into any of the rooms. When you hone in during the following activation sessions, you don't have to get through the whole book. You can split it up into thirds, fourths, one chapter, etc. If it comes down to it, feel free to RapidRead. The PR Police won't show up at your door. Also, consider using the Movie Activation technique. Just make sure you do at least one additional pass through the book to notice differences and details left out. If you have the time, consider PhotoReading some books on the time period as well, such as Jules Michelet's history of the French Revolution. Don't worry too much about activating them, as they are more background to help form a pattern for the main book to gel around. Feel free to get coaching.
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the movie activation wouldn't be such a bad idea, except all the LAZY kids in the school all having to read it, that dont feel like reading it, have already checked out all the copies of the movie. lol.
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Originally posted by superman857:
the movie activation wouldn't be such a bad idea, except all the LAZY kids in the school all having to read it, that dont feel like reading it, have already checked out all the copies of the movie. lol.
Ahh, yes. My old days in intermediate were like that. That would suck.
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I remember a discussion I had once with an author over what was better, visual (TV, movies, etc), or books. When I read "The Alphabet vs. the Goddess," the whole discussion made a lot more sense in retrospect. My intuition told me to check the book out, because of the "Photo" part of PhotoReading, and the subtitle, "The Image vs. the Alphabet." It's one of the books from the PhotoReading bibliography. BTW, I did no manual activation of it - I just remembered the conversation I had with my friend, and whammo it triggered tons of correspondences. The irony (or perhaps the beauty) of PhotoReading is the more you PhotoRead in pure volume, the easier actiavtion becomes.
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