1. Taking Notes

2. What are some methods of good note-taking?

3. Keep these in mind… Skimming and scanning Looking for keywords
Noticing bold, italic, and underlined words
Being aware of headlines
Using the table of contents, index, glossary, and title page
Paying attention to picture captions
Knowing that, sometimes, reading every word is necessary
Make a mind map or table or line diagram

4. ABC - LOU Note-taking Strategies Abbreviations Bullets
Caveman language
Lists
One word for several
Use your own words
Taken from: School Library Media Activities Monthly Vol. 12, No. 1, Sept. 2006

5. Caveman Language

6. Use Your Own Words Similar to Paraphrasing
Read the information through
Without looking at the original material, write your version
Change words that are difficult to words you understand
Note: You still need to cite the information

7. More ideas for note-taking

8. Table

9. Mind Map

10. Highlighting
Pause at the end of each paragraph to identify the main points. You may highlight:
Sentence or word that sums up an important idea
Quotations
Statistics
Specialized terms
Important or useful data
Examples or links to other ideas.
You could use different colored pens to mark different kinds of information, but be careful not to highlight so much that it becomes distracting.

12. Let’s see how we did!