http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/students/english/read001.html
AP English: Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies
This webpage offers specific suggestions for studying literature.

http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d86.html
Teaching Critical Reading through Literature
This article focuses on developing thinking skills in reading.

http://www.criticalthinking.org/resources/TRK12-strategy-list.shtml#s32
Making Plausible Inferences, Predictions, or Interpretations
A short explanation of how making inferences fits into critical thinking.