Journal Note-Taking

Ms. McCarron

Journal Set-Up

Outside Cover

• Your Name• Class Name• Keep it readable

Inside Cover

• Tape in the handout of laboratory safety rules.

• Serves as a reminder of rules.

Paginate

• In the lower outside corner, write the page number

• Start at “1”, last page should be “200”

• (We do not have time in class to complete… finish as homework)

Page 1

• Write “Table of Contents” on the top line.

• Topic references shall include title, date, and page number

• Enter “Vocabulary Words… page 180”

• Enter “UNIT 1: NATURE OF SCIENCE…. page 7”

Page 7• Create a Cover

Page for UNIT 1: Nature of Science

• Draw a NEAT and COLORFUL picture relating to unit topic

• Use the entire page for the words and picture

• Affix a labeled tab to the page

UNIT 1

UNIT 1: NATURE OF SCIENCE

Note-Taking

Note-Taking: Divide Right Page• Divide the right

(odd-numbered) page into two sections

• Draw a dark vertical line about 3 cm from the left side of the paper from the top to the bottom.

Note-Taking: Document

• Write topic and date at the top of each page.

• Enter this same information into Table of Contents

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Note-Taking: Write Notes

• The large box to the right is for writing notes.

Skip a line between ideas and topics.

• Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations, whenever possible. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word "and".

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Take Notes Here

Note-Taking: Review and Clarify

• Review the notes as soon as possible after class.

• Pull out main ideas, key points, dates, and people, and write these in the left column.

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PULL OUT MAIN IDEAS: Review & Revise

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Take Notes Here

Note-Taking: Summarize

• Write a summary of the main ideas on the even-numbered pages opposite your notes.

Summarize

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