Note taking What do you mean I can’t quote everything? English 10 Honors Connor

MINDJOG  Read the following slide.  Create a sample note card on your paper based on what you recall from when we did research in October.

Berenbaum, Michael. "Holocaust." World Book Advanced. World Book Online, “In addition to Jews, the Nazis systematically killed millions of other people whom Hitler regarded as racially inferior or politically dangerous. The largest groups included (1) Germans with physical handicaps or mental retardation, (2) Roma (sometimes called Gypsies), and (3) Slavs, particularly Poles and Soviet prisoners of war. “

Note Cards  Three types Direct quotes Paraphrasing Summary  Requirements for research…

Why? You might use them to...  Provide support for claims or add credibility to your writing  Refer to work that leads up to the work you are now doing  Give examples of several points of view on a subject  Highlight a particularly striking phrase, sentence, or passage by quoting the original  Distance yourself from the original by quoting it in order to cue readers that the words are not your own  Expand the breadth or depth of your writing

Direct Quote  must be identical to the original, using a narrow segment of the source.  must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

Let’s do one!  Read short passage #1.  Create a direct quote note card with correct documentation.  The author’s name and page number in the upper left hand corner  The topic (be specific-don’t just write the overall topic over and over) in the upper right hand corner

Paraphrase  involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.  must also be attributed to the original source.  usually shorter than the original passage, taking a somewhat broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly.

Let’s do one!  Read short passage #1.  Create a paraphrase note card with correct documentation.  The author’s name and page number in the upper left hand corner  The topic (be specific-don’t just write the overall topic over and over) in the upper right hand corner

Summary  involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s)  attribute summarized ideas to the original source.  significantly shorter than the original  take a broad overview of the source material

Let’s do one!  Read short passage #1.  Create a summary note card with correct documentation.  The author’s name and page number in the upper left hand corner  The topic (be specific-don’t just write the overall topic over and over) in the upper right hand corner

Direct Quotes Paraphrasing Summary LENGTHSame as original Main ideas only ORDERSame as original Any order LANGUAGEAuthor’sNote- taker’s INTENTAuthor’s Note- taker’s WHEN USED: When original wording is apt and clear Brief piece of information; when original wording is undesirable When only the main idea is important

It’s YOUR turn!!!!  Grab a book from the shelf about your topic!  Begin to create a paraphrase note card OR a summary note card