Active Reading: Article Evaluation. Essay: Article Evaluation Read the Article Make sure it provides you with the support, examples, and details you need.

Active Reading: Article Evaluation

Essay: Article Evaluation• Read the Article• Make sure it provides you with the support, examples, and

details you need to build your argument. • Highlight any information you think seems useful

(statistics, charts, percentages, and/or illustrations). Next to the highlighted part write why you think it will benefit you OR for which point will you use it to defend. Write reader reaction notes.

• Highlight MLA information: Author’s name, date published, city published, year published, publishing company, volume, issue etc… (see MLA guidelines Handout).

• Write a summary of the information or argument placed by the author.

Article Mark-Up

Point 1: Mental Health

Article Mark-Up

Article Summary The Summary will answer the following:

What is the author trying to convey?/ What is this article about?What is the purpose of the article?What information did you find useful to your research?Did this article lead you to other sources?What did you think was the best feature of this article?

Okoli, C., C. Richardson, P. Ratner, and J. Johnson "Non-smoking youths the future of smoking.” Addictive Behaviors 34.12 (2009): 1010. Research Library. ProQuest. Web. 1 Oct.2009.

Okoli and Richardson discuss the behaviors of non-smokers versus smokers…