NOTE- MAKING

STEP-1 When you make notes from an essay or article or a chapter from A book, the first step is to read the passage thoroughly, from beginning to an end, to get a bird’s eye view of it. This kind of reading is called SKIMMING. By skimming the passage we get answers to following questions: What does the passage deals with? How does the writer develop the theme?

STEP-2 Identify the main points and supporting details. Find out the chief divisions of the passage and supply suitable headings for them. Some of these headings can be divided Into sub-headings. Condense the information. Organise the condensed information in a systematic way.

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF NOTE-MAKING:

Notes are usually not written in complete and Grammatically correct sentences. They are much shorter than the original texts. The main points and supporting details are Clearly distinguished. Information is condensed using certain devices Like abbreviation, symbols, shorter words, numbers etc. Certain types of words are often dropped: Articles, words that are repeated, verbs, relative Pronoun and conjunctions etc. V11 condensed information is organised and recorded In a systematic manner that brings the structure of the original Texts.

HEADING Write the heading/title in block letters. Underline the heading/title. Do not give a one word title e.g. The title for a passage on psychoanalysis Could be: ‘THE NEED FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS’ 1 Main point 2 Sub- point

Do not write complete sentences. 4 Use abbreviations and symbols where required 5 Notes should not be very long. Four to five points are enough. Sub-sub point. Sub-sub point

HOW TO ORGANISE YOUR NOTES Title Main Heading Sub-heading Sub-sub heading 1 sub-sub heading 2sub-sub heading

A passage for note making An earthquake occurs when rocks break and slip along a fault in the earth. Energy is released during an earth in several forms, including as movement along the fault, as heat and seismic waves that radiates out from the source and causes the ground to shake, sometimes hundreds of kilometres away. They occur from the deformation of outer, brittle portions of tectonic plates, the earth’s outermost layer of crust and upper mantle. Due to the heating and cooling of the rocks below these plates, the resulting convection causes the adjacently overlying plates to move, and under great stress deform. The rates of plate movements range from 2 to 12 centimetres per year. Sometimes tremendous energy can build up within a single or between neighbour plates. If the accumulated stress exceeds the strength of the rocks making up these brittle zones, the rock can break suddenly, releasing the stored energy as an earthquake. The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the richter scale. The richter scale was developed by charles richter for measuring the energy released by that earthquake. This is determined using a seismograph recording the amplitude of the shaking of the ground. Earthquakes occur everyday around the world. Each day there are about 1000 very small earthquake on the earth. Each year, on an average, the earth experiences 800 earthquakes capable of damage and 18 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or larger. Though they occur all over the world, most occur on active faults that define the major tectonic plates of the earth. Ninety percent of the world’s earthquakes occur along these plate boundaries. The ring of fire circling the pacific ocean including the west coast of canada is one of the most active areas in the world.