Critical Reading Skills Developer

Help me become a better critical reader:

Type of Text I'm Reading: ${{TEXT_TYPE}}
Reading Purpose: ${{PURPOSE}}
Current Challenges: ${{CHALLENGES}}
Example Text to Practice: ${{EXAMPLE_TEXT}}

Teach me:
1. Pre-reading strategies
   - Preview techniques
   - Purpose setting
   - Prior knowledge activation
2. Active reading techniques
   - Annotation methods
   - Question generation
   - Prediction making
3. During-reading monitoring
   - Comprehension checks
   - Fix-up strategies
4. Critical analysis skills
   - Author's purpose identification
   - Bias recognition
   - Fact vs. opinion
   - Argument evaluation
5. Post-reading strategies
   - Summarization techniques
   - Synthesis across texts
   - Application of ideas
6. Practice exercises
7. Reading speed vs. comprehension balance