Note taking skills

Research Paper

Watertown High School

December 2007

Note Taking Strategies

Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Quoting

Summarizing

definition

example

Practice Model

Student Practice

Summarizing: A Definition

• A shortcut to the basics.

• The author’s main idea in your own words.

• Presentation of the substance in condensed form, eliminating unnecessary words.

• Use abbreviations, lists, phrases to get the author’s main idea in a shorter version.

example Practice 1

Summarizing: An Example

To summarize the following passage- “Meanwhile, Franklin kept the pressure on

the French, writing letters that were aimed at forcing France to abandon its policy of watchful waiting.” (author’s original words)

a note taker might write: F. wrote letters in France to gain support for

the Revolution. (summary)definition Practice 1

Summarizing: Practice 1Four days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Summarizing: Practice 1Four days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Summarizing: Practice 1Four days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Summarizing: Practice 1Four days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Summarizing: Practice 1Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed

by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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4 days after going to jail for letting her students name a Teddy Bear Mohammed- Brit. Teacher Gillian Gibbons was pardoned in

Sudan .after Khartoum regime was sharply criticized for its severe form of justice.

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Summarizing: Practice IIFour days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Summarizing: Practice IIIFour days after she was spared the

lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Paraphrasing

definition

example

Practice 1

Paraphrasing: A Definition

When you paraphrase, you record specific facts or details in your own words. However, paraphrasing does not mean keeping the author’s sentence structure and simply replacing original words with synonyms. You will need to read the source carefully, analyze it, and then rephrase the information to reflect your understanding of it.

Paraphrasing: An Example

Meanwhile, in the English newspapers, Franklin began a task that was to occupy him for the next ten years—defending America’s reputation against the volleys of abuse fired at the Colonies by outraged Britons, who could see no reason why Americans should not pay the same taxes they paid at home. (author’s original words)

Paraphrase note: For ten years in London, Franklin acted as an agent for

several of the American colonies. During this time, he wrote letters and articles that were printed in British newspapers, explaining the position of the American

people as they sought to avoid the taxes being imposed on them.

Paraphrasing: Practice I

Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Paraphrasing: Practice I

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Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Paraphrasing: Practice I

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Gibbons crime

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Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Gibbons crimeAllegedly Gillian Gibbons allowed her

elementary students to name the class’s Teddy Bear “Mohammad”

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Paraphrasing: Practice I

Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Paraphrasing: Practice II

Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Paraphrasing: Practice III

Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Quoting

definition

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Practice 1

Quoting: A definition

Quotations should be used only when the author’s words are as important as the facts or ideas expressed. Be sure to enclose the author’s exact words in quotation marks.

Use ellipsis points (. . .) when you want to leave out a portion of the quotation; use brackets ([ ]) to add letters or words of your own to clarify or explain a point or to make grammatical sense. Take special care to avoid errors. Always proofread quotations immediately after recording them.

Quoting: Practice 1

Four days after she was spared the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

Quoting: Practice 1 Four days after she was spared

the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Quoting: Practice 1 Four days after she was spared

the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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Quoting: Practice 1 Four days after she was spared

the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

Politics of charges A3

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Quoting: Practice 1 Four days after she was spared

the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

Abuse of Islam A3

The accusations against Gibbons demonstrate “the struggle playing out in Sudan—the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.”

Quot. (p.# or onl.)

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Quoting: Practice 1 Four days after she was spared

the lash but jailed by a Sudanese court for insulting Islam, British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons received a presidential pardon Monday and was deported from the country. But while her alleged crime — permitting her primary students to name a Teddy bear "Mohammad" — garnered the Khartoum regime a good deal of international condemnation for its radical justice, the charges against Gibbons and her famous bear were incidental to a larger struggle playing out in Sudan — the manipulation of Islam in the pursuit of personal and political power.

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