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, 2010.  

“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

LENGTH Same as original

Same as original

Main ideas only

ORDER Same as original

Same as original

Any order

LANGUAGE Author’s Note-taker’s

Note-taker’s

INTENT Author’s Author’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