Favorite Active Reading Strategies:

• Underlining important details
• Marking where I have questions
• Marking unknown words
• Asking questions about anything confusing
• Making notes at important details

Favorite Brainstorming Strategies:

• Thinking about the prompt
• Planning the flow of the essay
• Working out the points I want made
• Working out quotes/evidence I want to use

Favorite Drafting Strategies:

• Making a map of where I want things in the essay
• Arranging what quotes I want with which points
• Making sure my sources hold enough information for my essay

Favorite Revision Strategies:

• Checking on my grammar
• Checking sentence flow
• Checking if things fit right the way they are
• Making sure I cite the sources properly and use the correct quotes with them

Favorite Polishing Strategies:

• Making sure I’m happy with how things flow
• Making sure I used good supporting evidence with my quotes
• Making sure I cite all sources
• Double checking that I have everything I need that’s guided from the original prompt
• Making sure my thesis is clear and my points are clear