Notes Over 1263-1369

Tips to help you with reading

•  highlight or underline important thing
• write notes in margins of why they are important
• ask questions about the text
• "argue" with the text
• looking for unusual languages
• look at it in your own words

Make sure you ask questions about:

• text
• author
• cultural context
• reader

When choosing/ writing about a topic remember:

• pick a topic that interests you
• spend time thinking about it
• you can seek guidence
• call upon you background knowledge

Developing a thesis

• should be clear and specific
• relevant to your topic
• debatable
• original
• in one sentence
• appropriate to the assignment