WS 1.3 Initial Instruction AMERICA Note-Taking. WS 1.3 Organization and Focus: use strategies of note-taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure.

WS 1.3 Initial Instruction AMERICA

Note-Taking

WS 1.3 Organization and Focus: use strategies of note-taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts. outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts

Note-Taking

Purpose:Knowing which facts to record and how to organize them is a skill that you can use when you research any topic

Defined:A way to collect information from sources

Notes

Types of Note-Taking

Notes

Explained: Writing down only the main ideas and

supporting details Taking down complete

sentences is not necessary Best used when capturing the

essential elements of the lecture or presentation is desired

Outlining

Types of Note-Taking

Outlining

Explained: Arranging main ideas and supporting details

in a logical order Uses Roman numerals for the

main ideas Uses capital letters for subtopics Uses Arabic numerals for the

details Effective method of structuring draft before

writing

Paraphrasing

Types of Note-Taking

Paraphrasing

Explained: Using your own words to restate someone

else’s ideas Used often to replace

quotations and dialogue to clarify text

When using cards for research, effective way of organizing ideas into categories by sorting cards by main ideas

Summarizing

Types of Note-Taking

Summarizing

Explained: Condensing the text to include the most

important information Must include the main ideas and

the most important details Can be written from an outline Summarizing is capturing the

essential ideas of the passage, as opposed to re-telling the whole passage.

Tips

Types of Note-Taking

Tips

Explained: Skim the article or articles Use any text organizers to locate and

organize information Pay special attention to headings

Headings can help distinguish main ideas from supporting details

Sample Text

Note-Taking Examples

Sample Text

Advances in AstronomyIn 1543 an astronomer published a book that contradicted what a Greek authority had written. Many historians think the publication of this book marks the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.

Sample Text

Nicolaus CopernicusThe book thought to have marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution was written by a Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus. His 1543 book was called On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres.

Sample Text

Copernicus was familiar with Ptolemy’s theories and writings. Ptolemy had written that the earth was the center of the universe and that the sun and other planets orbited, or circled around, the earth. For 1,400 years, people accepted this belief as fact.

Sample Text

Copernicus tried a different explanation for what he observed in the sky. Copernicus practiced science. He proposed that the sun was the center of the universe, and that the planets, including earth, orbited it, making the concept much simpler. Rather than trying to make his observation fit the old theory, he introduced a new, different theory, thus initiating the Scientific Revolution.

Notes

Note-Taking Examples

Notes

Advances in astronomy 1543 – book contradicts Greek authority Book started the Scientific Revolution Written by Nicolaus Copernicus On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres Earth center of universe, not sun Went against Ptolemy (Greek astronomer) New, different theory credited with starting

Scientific Revolution

Outlining

Note-Taking Examples

Outlining

I. Advances in AstronomyA.Nicolaus Copernicus

1.Wrote a book, On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres, which contradicted Ptolemy’s theory of the earth as the center of the universe.

2.His theory proposed the sun as the center of the universe, with the planets, including earth, orbiting around it.

3. His different theory initiated the Scientific Revolution

Paraphrasing

Note-Taking Examples

Paraphrasing

Until 1543, people still accepted the Greek astronomer’s, Ptolemy’s, explanation of the movement of planets and the sun. Nicolaus Copernicus, though, changed that with the introduction of his book On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres. Rather than the earth as the center of the universe, as previously believed, Copernicus proposed the sun as the center. Not only did this new and different theory start advances in astronomy, it founded the Scientific Revolution.

Summarizing

Note-Taking Examples

Summarizing

Advances in astronomy began in 1543 with a book, On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres by Nicholas Copernicus, which contradicted Greek authority, primarily Ptolemy, placing the sun at the center of the universe rather than the earth, thus launching the Scientific Revolution.