Active reading means that you are reading something for the purpose of understanding its content and evaluating whether said content can help you satisfy your needs.
Reading for Comprehension has 5 steps. 1) Skim - quickly read through text to get the overall impression. 2) Question - ask yourself if the reading the text will help you. Check the text whether it provides answers for your questions: Who? What? Where? When? How 3) Read - read the text in a focused, and fairly speedy way 4) Remember - test your member. check whether you understand and remember salient points in the text. 5) Review - read the text in more detail, make your own notes for easy comprehension and remembrance.