Study Skills 94                                                                        Name: ________________

J. Roth

 

BRAINSTORMING EXERCISE FOR RESEARCH REPORTS

 

STEP ONE:

 

Ø  List the two or three most important things you have learned through your study.

               (If you are following the Careers example, list the outline entries.)

 

1. _____________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________________________

 

2. ___________________________________________________________

 

3. ___________________________________________________________

 

STEP TWO:

 

Ø  For #1 on your list:

 

Free-write for five or ten minutes about what you remember—what you have learned so far about this point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ø  For #2 on your list:

 

Free-write for five or ten minutes about what you remember—what you have learned so far about this point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ø  For #3 on your list:

 

Free-write for five or ten minutes about what you remember—what you have learned so far about this point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP THREE:

 

Ø  Highlight or mark the significant parts in your free writing.  Re-write just the highlighted or marked parts into paragraphs.

 

Point #1 Paragraph:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point #2 Paragraph:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point #3 Paragraph:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draft a brief introduction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEP FOUR:

 

Ø  Assemble the completed parts into a summary.  Check your writing for grammar, spelling, and word sense.