Learn the actions / flows, then once finished quickly run through the checklist to make sure you haven't missed anything.
The only checklists handled in a read-and-do sense in the commercial world are non-normals.
Have a look at the A320 normal checklist (pinched this from a sim site via Google, but it's near enough identical to that laid down by Airbus).
http://www.vbird-va.nl/airbus/docs/checklist.pdf