• What is the topic you are reading about?  Marijuana.
• What is the source citation? Just copy and paste it from the bottom onto your blog. DO NOT COPY THE URL!  "Marijuana." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.
• Summarize the central idea of the overview in one or two sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  Marijuana has been limited for many years since the Opium Convention of 1925.  Recently however, countries and states have been easing up on the laws against possessing and smoking marijuana.
• List two to four specific details that support the central idea IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana.  California and other states are allowing medical marijuana.  The Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act was passed in 1970.  Tax recreational marijuana is getting legalized.
• Create an opportunity for further research by writing down two questions the text raises about the central idea (explicitly or implicitly). Explicit means stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt, while implicit means implied though not plainly expressed.  What states will be legalizing marijuana next?  If marijuana can be taxed and doesn't have negative health affects why is it illegal?
• Write down one word or phrase whose meaning you do not fully understand. Multiple Sclerosis 
• Next, write down what may be preventing you from understanding it (is it an unrecognizable term? an unfamiliar person, place, or allusion?)  It is an unrecognizable term of a disease.
• Use a third party resource (dictionary, thesaurus, Google search) to find its definition or meaning. Write it down.  Multiple Sclerosis disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves.
• Write one question about the overview that you can pose to your peers in a discussion.  Why is the consumption of marijuana deemed negatively if it has so many positive affects.