CH / STUDIOReading Journal: TabMap field guide

A practical reading method

Make a Locator for Large-Print and Standard Editions

Record the chapter or named section before adding any page number. Add a short paraphrase of the nearby action or image rather than copying a long passage. Test the locator in a second edition and revise it if the search takes more than a minute.

Use this when a group mixes standard, large-print, and library editions whose pagination differs. Page number alone can exclude readers whose edition is laid out differently. A neutral landmark survives most format changes.

Use case

When this method helps

Use this when a group mixes standard, large-print, and library editions whose pagination differs.

Page number alone can exclude readers whose edition is laid out differently. A neutral landmark survives most format changes.

Method

Build the note

1. Record the chapter or named section before adding any page number.

2. Add a short paraphrase of the nearby action or image rather than copying a long passage.

3. Test the locator in a second edition and revise it if the search takes more than a minute.

Example

See the boundary in practice

Standard page 84 becomes chapter 6, just after the station announcement, where Mara folds the map.

Quality check

Before you trust the note

A reader with a different print size should be able to locate the passage without learning a later event.