Secondary Library: Creating information

Notetaking is an important first step in understanding, recalling and using information to use in your assignment or essay.

Digital Note Taking Strategies That Deepen Student Thinking

Try the THIEVES method for thinking critically while taking notes from a chapter.

Title

Headings

Introduction

Every first sentence in a paragraph

Visuals and vocabulary

End of Chapter questions

Summary

For more details read this article by Lindsey Ellefson

Graphic Organizers help you to process the new information you have found. They help you to make connections, compare and contrast, organize your thinking, create new meaning.

Graphic Organizers - Education Oasis - Over 60 organisers including Herringbone, Chain of events and Hierarchy charts 

How to write good essays

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RMIT website with clear examples of how to write a TEEL paragraph

TEEL paragraph structure

Through this video learn about character development, setting the tone and mood, developing the plot and tension.