[header] How to write a response paper [title] Take thorough notes. [step] Highlighting the text as you read it is not sufficient. You need to take notes on the material, and those notes need to be in your own words. 
[substeps] Highlighting draws your attention to words and passages you found significant in the text you read, but it does not allow you to record your initial thoughts regarding those passages. Take notes on a separate piece of paper.