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Created By: Debbe Brooks

• Madison County TECOS TEAM

Take Note!Rules for Note Taking

What is Plagiarism?• Stealing someone else’s work

and claiming it as your own• Sometimes we do this without

thinking• This is LITERARY THEFT!• So, … how can we avoid this

habit?

Learn howTo

Take Notes!!

You take notes so you will,…

•Remember what you read •Not copy someone else’s exact words

•Be able to put the information in your own words later

Why Take Notes?

Rules for Note-Taking

Rule 1:Write

clearly.

If you can’tread it later, it won’t do You anygood!

Rule 2:

OutlineWriting

EVERYTHING

is toohard!

Rule 3:

Focus and

Think!

What isimportant about whatyou arewriting?

To summarize:

• Read carefully!• Write clearly!• Look away from text!• Outline!• Focus and Think!• Put the notes in your own words!

More ideas:• Make lists• Highlight important ideas on a printed page• Use graphic organizers• Make notes on3 x 5 cards and organize in a

pocket chart or on a table top• Use lined notebook paper• Draw a chart and fill it in• Create a web• Use a tape recorder, then transcribe the

words into written form• Use Inspiration or Kidspiration to organize your

thoughts

Most importantly!!

Make the changes needed so that the

work is your own!

Resources

• Oregon School Library Information System (http://www.oslis.k12.or.us)