1. WHY TAKE NOTES. Let’s take a look… https://www. youtube. com/watch

2. Creating Note Cards!

3. Important info that may save your life!
Use one side of the card only.
Exhibit A:
This is only one side

4. Write the letter of the source in the upper left corner.
Please include the page number of where you found the information on the bottom right corner.
Put a subtitle in the top center of your card.
Exhibit B:
Tada! A
Biographical
Pg. 42

5. Mrs. Katkich loves bulldogs.
Make only one note per card (important information only please!).
Exhibit C:
If that’s not important, I
don’t know what is! A
Biographical
Mrs. Katkich loves bulldogs.
Pg. 42

6. I know what you’re thinking…
Piece of cake! That’s all there is to it right?
WRONG!

7. 3 Techniques in Note Taking
Are you ready?

8. Paraphrasing Rewriting what the author said.
Think of it as translating.
**Use with specific details.
**Length should be the same as the author’s.
Bonjour!
Hello!

9. Summary Putting the author’s ideas into your own words.
Moving what the author said … … And taking it in your direction.
**Summarize a page or a paragraph.
**Write only the main ideas.

10. Quotation Copying the exact words of the author.
**Length and punctuation are exactly the same.
**Use “quotation marks.”
**Use quotations sparingly! Only if something is worded perfectly to emphasize a point.

11. We’re not done yet folks!
What about those Bibliography cards?!
That’s me!
Bibliography Card

12. Label each card with a different letter in the upper right hand corner.
Your first source should be labeled “A,” second source labeled “B,” etc.
Exhibit D: A

13. Indent the second, third, and following lines of the entry.
Write complete bibliographic information in the center of the note card.
Indent the second, third, and following lines of the entry.
Exhibit E:
Remember to indent! A
McCuean William Land Battles of
World War II New York Littell
Inc. 1979

14. Make sure you underline the title of the text you are using.
McCuean William Land Battles of
World War II New York Littell
Inc. 1979

15. And to punctuate correctly!
Author’s last name, - comma
Author’s first name. - period
Title of the text, - comma
Publishing city: - colon
Publisher, - comma
Year published. – period A
McCuean, William. Land Battles of
World War II, New York: Littell
Inc., 1979.

16. That’s all folks.
GOOD LUCK!