How to write GOOD note cards!

So what do you have so far?? You should have all your sources You should have at least 5-7 sub

topic ideas You should have read all your

sources

If not, you can not move onto the note card step! You need to catch up ASAP!!! Or……

Next steps!

Make sure all your sub-topics are numbered 1-7

Place that information on one note card

Make sure you number all your sources 1-??

You will need to have 5-7 note cards per sub topic….

If you had 6 sub topics (body paragraph ideas) how many note cards should you have???

Keep going….

On each note card you will have the following: The source number The sub topic number The quote or paraphrase The page number that the quote or

paraphrase was found on

You will have a maximum of 2 quotes per sub topic …the rest need to be paraphrases!

HUH?? I am lost =(

Source number sub-topic number2

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“According to Richard Markel, president of the Association for Wedding Professionals International, the average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is now between $21,000 and $24,000.”

Page 4Notice I have a quote here…it was taken word for word from the source, and I have indicated the source number as well as the page number it was found on.