Question

Discuss the major points that require attention in the task of note-making in about 300-500 words

Answer 1

Note-making

Note making is a reading activity in which one is required to briefly make notes of the given reading passage. One must keep the following points in mind while making notes.

1. Notes should be short. No complete sentences should be written; only words and phrases should be written in notes.

2. Information should be logically divided into main title, sub-titles, and sub-sub-titles as shown below:

Sub-title should be in numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

Sub-sub-titles should be in Romans I, II, III, IV, etc.

Information to be included in sub-sub title may be written using letters a, b, c, d, etc.

3. Abbreviations and symbols should be frequently used.

4. They should be very clear and in proper sequence paragraph wise.  

5. Two or three related ideas can be combined into one point.

6. Punctuation marks such as commas, semi-colons, etc. should be used.

I am attaching a sample note-making for better understanding:

Title: Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis'

Notes:

I. Cause, colors and shape

1. Collison betw gaseous partcls from earth and sun

2. pale green, pink, shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet

3. clouds of light, streamers, arcs, rippling curtains, shooting rays

II. Location

1.60 and 200 miles above earth

2. North and South Poles

III. Research Facts

1.Free electrn and protn form the sun

2. Deflctn by earth’s mgntc filed

3. Weak mgntc field at poles

4. Collision emits light

IV Best Time to See

1.Winter in the north

2.Local midnight time

5.Myths about Lights

1.Reflection of camp-light and torches

 (believed by Maoris, people from North Euro and North America)

2. Menominee Indians believed spirits of hunters

3.Inuit believed spirits of hunted animals

4. Aboriginals believed spirits of ancestors.  

Key to Abbreviation

Betw = between

Partcls = particles

Electrn = electron  

Protn = proton

Deflctn = deflection  

mgntc = magnetic

Note- any similar format can also be used; but the basic rules must be adhered to.