This video will help you explore reflective thinking and writing in more depth and provide you with tips and strategies for writing more thoughtful reflections. You will also have the opportunity to practice thinking in two thinking activities. Link to video on reflective writing. Reflective thinking and writing PowerPoint slides. Thinking models and frameworks. A thinking framework, sometimes called a model, can help you structure your thinking. Frameworks follow a step-by-step approach, with some including more steps than others. You can also use a framework to help you structure your essay. Students in some courses are advised to use a first step: review the assignment. As with any writing situation, the first step in writing a reflection paper is to clarify the task. Reflection assignments can take many forms, so you need to understand exactly what your instructor is asking you to do. Some reflective assignments are short, just a paragraph or two of raw writing. Report writing. The structure of a report has a key role to play in communicating information and allowing the reader to quickly and easily find the information they want. Each section of a report has a different role to play and a writing style suited to that role. It is therefore important to understand what your audience expects.