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Note Taking

Why take notes?• Keeps you from plagiarizing.• Plagiarism

oUsing someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person.

oCopying and pasting from webpagesoChanging a couple of words, but keeping

the same idea without giving credit.oCheatingo Stealing

Note Taking• Short, fragments• Bullet points• Not sentences, usually• No grammaroSpelling is still important!

Two Options for Taking Notes

• QuotationsoIdentical to the originaloUse “quotation marks”oUse very sparingly!oMust give credit

• Using your Own WordsoParaphrasingoPreferred methodoMust give credit

Example Paragraph(use this to take notes)

Jenny is a fifteen-year old student who attends a rural school. She is very outgoing and participates in school activities such as cheerleading and Quiz Bowl. Because her school is small, everyone knows her and she knows everyone in school.

My Example Notes

• Jenny• 15 • Small, “rural” school

oRural means countryo Everyone knows each other

• Friendly• Clubs

oCheerleadingoQuiz Bowl.

Example of Paraphrasing

(I used my notes to create my own

sentences.)

• Jenny, a fifteen-year old girl, goes to a small school where everyone knows each other. She is active in several extra-curricular activities including cheerleading and Quiz Bowl.

Example of Summarizing (this is like a

GIST, just the main idea)

• Jenny is well known in her small high school and participates in school activities.

Your turn to practice!• Read the article provided. • On the back, take notes using the fragment

method.• Write either a summary(GIST) or paraphrase of

the article using only the notes that you took. Do not look back at the article.

• IF you finish early-BrainPop videos (quiz 100% and get a prize)o Main Ideao Paraphrasingo Plagiarism