Extracting Valuable Information from an Article

How to Extract Information from an Article

(15 minutes)

·         Read the article assigned to you.

·         Highlight important points as you read.

·         Make any necessary notes or ask any necessary questions in the margins of the article. 

(10 minutes)

·         Compare notes with your partners.

·         Discuss which bits of information are statistical and which bits are not.

·         Choose (with your group) what you feel are the most important bits of information and copy them onto note-cards.  Each bit of information should have a separate note card. 

·         Decide what question they best answer and write the number of that question at the top of the note card.  (For example, if your first question is “what is BP?” and your note card states that “BP, British Petroleum,  is an oil company that…”, you write 1 at the top of that note card because the information refers to question 1).

·         On the back of the note card write the date, the article’s title, and the source of the article.

(5 minutes)

·         Share what you feel is the most interesting bit of information with the class.