Tips for Highlighting
- Preview the assignment, read it, and then highlight the main points.
- Use boldfaced headings as guides to important information.
- Highlight only the main ideas & key supporting details.
- Highlight no more than 15-25% of a page.
Tips for Making Notes in the Margin
- Write summary words or phrases in the margin (summary clues briefly state
an idea presented in the passage).
- Write recall clues in the margin (recall clues are words, phrases, or
questions that you can use to test yourself on the material).
Tips for Outlining
- Identify how ideas are related.
- Group similar ideas together.
- Concentrate on the main ideas and supporting details.
- Use words & phrases instead of complete sentences.
- Categorize or classify headings according to their importance
