1. Note Taking

2. Note Taking Where are you going? Outlining
How do I get there? Note taking
What are the dangers? Plagiarism

3. INTRODUCTION (5%) Introduce the passage
Include a thesis statement—a sentence covering that main idea of the text.
Use strategies from Comp. 1

4. BACKGROUND (15%) Date Author Recipients Genre Outline
Historical setting
Location of book

5. CONTENT (50%) The overall perspective of the chapter.
The specific explanations of the verses.
They may be discussed one at a time or you may group them together.
A number of significant word studies.

6. APPLICATION (25%) How do specific passages apply to your life?
Use real life examples from other sources.
Use personal examples.
Create examples.

7. CONCLUSION (5%) Wrap up the passage
What final thoughts do you have to say about the passage?
Tie the conclusion into the introduction.
Use strategies from Comp. 1.

8. Take Your Notes Overview Notes Summary Notes Paraphrase Notes
Quotation Notes
Comment Notes

9. Overview Notes Thesis of the Source Outline of the Source
Write the main idea of the article or chapter in one to two sentences.
Outline of the Source
Write a sentence or phrase outline of the main points of the source. Use quotes if you use exact wording.

10. Hate or Hyperbole

11. Summary Notes Use the author’s ideas
Use your own words and sentence structure
Use the author’s name and page number(s)
Use for uncommon knowledge
Use 1-3 sentences
Use these when you want to present a large amount of information in a concise format.
Use these when you want to simplify a complex idea
Use these when you want to present background information.

12. Paraphrase Notes Use the author’s ideas.
Use your own words and sentence structure.
Use the author’s name and page number(s).
Use uncommon knowledge.
Use about the same length of words as the source.
Use when you want to present specific and detailed information.
Use when you want to present a list, series, or steps of information.

13. Quotation Notes Use the author’s ideas.
Use the author’s exact words and sentence structure.
Use quotation marks around the exact wording.
Use uncommon knowledge.
Use the author’s name and page number(s).
Use present tense verbs as a lead-in to the quote.
Use when you want to emphasis not only the idea but the exact wording.
Use when you want to focus on a specific idea without misrepresenting the original source.
Use when you want to include a “bumper sticker” idea in the paper.
Use for 10-20% of your total sources in a paper.
Use very sparingly as a block quote.

14. Comment Notes Use your ideas and your words and sentence structure.
Use for common knowledge.
Use to reflect your personal perspective or beliefs.
Use to reflect on the summaries, paraphrases, or quotations.
Use a variety of lengths.

15. Format of Notes

16. Smith, James R. Protection
Page Summary
The shepherding model of leadership captures the profound practice of the Lord in leading his church. In particular, the Lord disciplines his people and protects his people from evil as the shepherd uses a rod and a staff.

17. Purpose of Prayer Smith 457 Summary
Prayer is a gift to believers as a means to communicate with their Father. It is to be used not only to bring petitions to God but to express praise and thankfulness to him.
Examples of Prayer Jones 45 Paraphrase
There are three examples of Jesus praying during a crises.
He prayed in the wilderness at the beginning of his ministry
He prayed on the mountain all night before selecting the 12 apostles.
He prayed in the garden only hours before he was arrested.

18. Plagiarism

19. Plagiarism
Buy a paper from a commercial paper mill (lazystudents.com).

20. Plagiarism
Download a free paper from the Internet (freeesay.com).

21. Plagiarism
Copy an article, in part or in whole, from the Internet.

22. Plagiarism
Translate a foreign Web article into English (

23. Plagiarism
Borrow a paper, in part or in whole, from another individual.

24. Plagiarism
Cut and paste from several sources to create a paper.

25. Plagiarism
Falsify a citation.

26. Plagiarism
Fail to place quotation marks around all copied words, phrases, or four sentences or less with or without a citation. (Or fail to indent more than four copied sentences, with or without a citation).

27. Plagiarism
Change only a few words within a copied section without quotation marks or indentation, with or without a citation.

28. Plagiarized Summary
The psalm shows our confidence in God’s goodness—now and later (VanGemenen 214).

29. Plagiarism
Paraphrase or summarize without a citation.