Read carefully.

Look for common knowledge.

Take good notes.

  Evaluate what you have readóask yourself, ìWhatís missing?î

  Add your own ideas/examples/anecdotes/comparisons/contrasts.

  Focus your material (thesis and topic sentence)

Organize and order the information you got from your sources and your own ideas into a logical, easy-to-follow flow.

Document the words AND IDEAS of others. (Use in-text documentation/Works Cited, Works Consulted)

Developed  by Carol H. Rohrbach

School District of Springfield Twp. (2002)

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