When studying a literary source or scientific work, drawing up a work plan can be useful. Such a tool helps to better structure the material and reflect the most important points in their relationship, which is important for the assimilation of the reading. If the source has a significant volume and is divided into separate semantic parts, it is advisable to draw up a detailed complex plan for it.
Necessary
- - the studied text;
- - paper;
- - fountain pen;
- - computer.
Instructions
Step 1
Start by reading the entire piece carefully and thoughtfully, trying to present the material as a whole. As you read, mentally divide the text into meaningful parts, trying to highlight the main idea of each passage. For each section of the text, come up with a heading that, in a concise and succinct form, will reflect the essence of this part of the material.
Step 2
Make notes and notes as you work first on the draft. Subsequently, you will probably have to supplement the plan and make changes to it. Try to leave large spacing between abstracts and wide enough margins for subsequent notes. It will be more convenient to work with a work of significant volume if you write out individual abstracts not in a row on a draft sheet, but enter them on separate cards of a small format, having previously numbered them.
Step 3
Work through each component part of the text you have highlighted in sequence. Note a few points that develop the main idea in the heading. Formulate these provisions in the form of subheadings or separate paragraphs. When choosing names for small fragments, try to replace verbs with nouns. Each subparagraph should clarify and concretize the content of the text.
Step 4
Conduct a more careful grouping of individual detailed items by meaning and content. When working on fundamental sources, it is useful to first draw up a simple plan, saturating it with a list of theses that will subsequently be grouped.
Step 5
Re-read the text again, checking if all the ideas of the work are reflected in the detailed plan. Make sure that the outline of the outline accurately reflects the line of thought of the author of the text and takes into account the links between sections. If you are working on a draft, make the necessary edits to the plan. Rewrite the text of your complex plan, making it look like a clean version. Attach the outline to the synopsis of the source you are studying as background material.
