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I found that in theory all these methods are helpful but in practice I would rank them:
1) Copy and delete
2) Use a timer
3) Reading out loud

My favorite method was by far the copy and delete method. I found that taking notes while I read  led me to focus more as I went. I like deleting as i went because it made me feel like I was actually making progress as I read. As you mentioned, I also like the fact that this method left me with some rough notes when I was through.

The method of using a timer helped me focus but instead of focusing on reading and comprehending I found myself racing to see how much I could read in to allotted time. I think that with more practice this could become a much more useful method for me in the future.

The reading out loud method really just did not seem practical to me because I do a vast majority of my homework in the library and if I started reading out loud that would anger many people and get me a lot of dirty looks. I do however see the benefit this technique provides but it just is not practical for me.

This is just a funny meme I found online. Also who doesn't just love Buzz Lightyear.

Reading Notes: Monkey Stories

The Monkey King's Sacrifice

These monkeys are in the forest and they start to sense danger. One monkey suspects the humans will find the mango fruit soon and want to find the monkeys forest that hold this fruit. So the monkeys go to great lengths to hide the fruits and keep them from falling in the river. Despite their efforts one mango happens to fall in the river and floats downstream where it ends up in a fisherman's net. He is intrigued by this new fruit and thinks he should take it to the king. So him and his best bud head towards the kings palace to show him this new fruit. Once they find the king they tell him what happened and the king takes the fruit to his nature guy. The nature guy says thats obviously a mango and the king tries it. The king loved this mango and asked where he could get more of these. The nature guy tells him they are upstream a little ways so the king decides to take a military force and they make there way up there. Once there they get in a battle with the monkey so they can take their mangos. As the humans are shooting arrows at the monkeys the king monkey finds a way out and swings across trees on a vine but can't quite make it. The king monkey decides to hold the vine while all the other monkeys climb across. When the last monkey comes across he decides to take out his prior frustrations on the king monkey and knocks him to the ground as he jumps to safety. The king monkey falls and the human king sees this and comes over to praise him for his bravery and leadership. The king offers to take the monkey king back with him so he can be cared for to which the monkey king said he was just doing his duty and to leave him to die.

Picture of the front cover of the comic book

From Bizzel Library. Author: Meena Talim

Reading Notes: Ramayana Part D

Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna was one of Ravana's greatest warriors and also his brother. Kumbhakarna was such a mighty warrior that he slept for six months at a time at which point he would wake up and destroy everything and eat a bunch of stuff. After binge eating he would then return to sleep for another six months. The six month rule was made by Brahma because Kumbhakarna destroyed and ate so much when he was awake. One day the rakshasas were in a sticky situation so they thought they had better wake up Kumbhakarna because he is the mightiest of all the demons. They had a heck of a time trying to wake him up and even went to the lengths of blowing horns, having elephants walk on him, and even brought women to him. This eventually woke up Kumbhakarna and made him why they woke him from his sleep so early. The rakshasas told him that the people of Sugriva had surrounded the city and that they needed his help. The rakshasas then brought him deer, pigs, and even humans for him to eat and wine to drink. After eating Kumbhakarna was still hungry so he went to the city gates and fought the Sugrivains. During the battle he ate a thousand monkeys and won the battle eventually capturing Hanuman. Kumbhakarna then engaged in a fight with Rama which of course he lost because Rama is the best ever. Rama shot Kumbhakarna with flaming arrows and decapitated. This caused Kumbhakarna to fall into the ocean, dead.

Kumbhakarna being awoken