Top 10 list...

1.Include some type of visual aid or graphics

2.Simple (remember this is not an elaborate drawing)

3.Score materials at connection points whenever possible so materials will be integrated into design and connected using less work. Practice first to see how many passes of knife using normal pressure will cut through a sample of material and use a guide for scoring. Keep in mind the sharpness of the blade.

4. Be rested. It enhances clarity.

5. Don’t mention what you don’t know.

6. Stay in the same tense throughout.

7. Write as your project is progressing. Don’t leave it until the end.

8. Create an order to your presentation- tell a story.

9. Overlap materials at connection points for gluing, taking into account the thickness of the material and frame. Hold elements together until glue takes hold and place at correct angle to set. Use triangle edge to reinforce placement of elements when gluing at 90 degrees.

10. Give purpose to all of the graphics.