Note Taking 101Note Taking 101
Or, Now that I have my Or, Now that I have my resources, what am I resources, what am I
supposed to do with them?supposed to do with them?
Step One: Using your Step One: Using your resourcesresources
Your job as a Your job as a researcher is to researcher is to become an expert become an expert on your topic.on your topic.
To do this you To do this you must must READREAD your your resources.resources.
Step One: Using your Step One: Using your resourcesresources
Scanning, Scanning, browsing, or just browsing, or just looking at pictures looking at pictures is not enough!is not enough!
YOU MUST READ YOU MUST READ THE THE INFORMATION!!!INFORMATION!!!
Step Two: Finding the Step Two: Finding the TreasureTreasure
Our resources are full Our resources are full of information. Some of information. Some of it is useful, lots of it of it is useful, lots of it is not.is not.
You must decide what You must decide what is is treasure treasure and what and what is is trashtrash..
Step Two: Finding the Step Two: Finding the TreasureTreasure
If a piece of If a piece of information helps us information helps us answer one of our answer one of our guiding questionsguiding questions, it is , it is a TREASURE-- WRITE a TREASURE-- WRITE IT DOWN!IT DOWN!
Step Two: Finding the Step Two: Finding the TreasureTreasure
If it doesn’t help If it doesn’t help answer a answer a guiding guiding questionquestion it is TRASH-- it is TRASH--KEEP LOOKINGKEEP LOOKING
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
What do we What do we need to need to know?know?
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
What do we What do we need to need to know?know?
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
What do we What do we need to need to know?know?
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
What do we What do we need to need to know?know?
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
What do we What do we need to need to know?know?
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Step three: Caveman Step three: Caveman talktalk
Once you’ve Once you’ve discovered some discovered some information you information you can use, your next can use, your next step is to record it. step is to record it.
Step three: Caveman Step three: Caveman talktalk
o Good researchers Good researchers use use Caveman talkCaveman talk when they write when they write out their notes.out their notes.
Step three: Caveman Step three: Caveman talktalk
CAVEMAN TALKCAVEMAN TALKo Just the facts in as few Just the facts in as few
words as possiblewords as possible
o NO SENTENCES!!!NO SENTENCES!!!
o Separate each new Separate each new fact with a bulletfact with a bullet
Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
Say it in caveman:Say it in caveman:
o Great concert Great concert singersinger
o faced discrimination
o began 1920
o segregation a fact
Marian Anderson was one of the world’s greatest concert singers, but she was also much more. She worked to become one of the world’s best known singers at a time when African Americans faced terrible discrimination. When she began her career in 1920, segregation was a fact of life for black people in the U.S. This made it difficult for them to work in high-paying or desirable professions, including careers in classical music.
Step Four: Citing Your Step Four: Citing Your SourcesSources
Nobody likes to have Nobody likes to have their work copied or their work copied or stolen. stolen.
All authors want is for All authors want is for people to give them people to give them credit if they use their credit if they use their words or ideas. words or ideas.
This is called This is called CITING CITING YOUR RESOURCESYOUR RESOURCES
Step Four: Step Four: Citing Your Citing Your SourcesSources
TELLING YOUR TEACHER WHERE YOU GOT TELLING YOUR TEACHER WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INFORMATIONYOUR INFORMATION
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED:HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED:
o AUTHOR
o TITLE
o PUBLISHER
o COPYRIGHT DATE
Step Four: Step Four: Citing Your Citing Your SourcesSources
MILLION DOLLAR TIP:
WRITE DOWN YOUR SOURCES AS SOON AS YOU USE THEM!
FINDING THEM LATER CAN BE A REAL PAIN!
LIES MEDIA LIES MEDIA SPECIALISTS HEAR SPECIALISTS HEAR
EVERY DAY:EVERY DAY: ““This book doesn’t have anything in This book doesn’t have anything in
it.”it.”
BALONEY! You’ve got to
READ the information!
LIES MEDIA LIES MEDIA SPECIALISTS HEAR SPECIALISTS HEAR
EVERY DAY:EVERY DAY:““This book doesn’t have anything in This book doesn’t have anything in
it.”it.”
“I don’t need to write it down because I’ll remember it!”
BALONEY!The better notes you take, the easier it will be to write your report!
LIES MEDIA LIES MEDIA SPECIALISTS HEAR SPECIALISTS HEAR
EVERY DAY:EVERY DAY:““This book doesn’t have anything in This book doesn’t have anything in
it.”it.”
“I don’t need to write it down because I’ll remember it!”
“It’s faster if I just copy it out of the book.”
BALONEY!Copying is another word for PLAGIARISM. It is cheating and it is against the law.
Caveman talk helps us put ideas into our own words.
Review: Taking Review: Taking notesnotes
READ!!!!READ!!!!
Find the treasureFind the treasure
Report by using Report by using Caveman talkCaveman talk
Cite your sourcesCite your sources
DO YOUR BEST WORK!