1. ENGLISH COMPOSITION 101 / Ris / Summer 2011 CRITICALREADING CRITICAL WRITING

3. Prioritizing that information

7. Circle Or Highlight Words Or Claims You Don’t Understand

8. Ask Questions Or Make Comments in the Margin

11. The beginning may be easy, but the journey gets more difficult the further you go

12. You may feel that once you start, there’s no turning back

13. You can easily lose sight of your goal

14. It may feel like a very lonely venture

16. Read the assignment carefully and know what you need to do

18. Complete your draft and put it aside for an hour or more

19. Re-read your work. Is it: Complete? Well-stated? Responsive to the questions asked?

21. Recheck and/or modify your notes or outline to take into account new or changing goals

24. Read it aloud: pay attention to sentences and movement from idea to idea

25. Have someone read it and tell you what you’re saying OR explain your goals and ask if you have achieved them

27. Help each other improve—saying everything is good doesn’t help us understand what needs work (see peer review, A&B 498-505)