Note Making -CLASS 11

How to Make Good Notes:

❖ Read the passage quickly but carefully. Try to understand the main points and
supporting details. Underline the key words as you read.
❖ Organize your ideas into main headings, sub-headings and sub-sub headings (if
possible).
❖ Write the headings in BLOCK LETTERS and underline them.
❖ Make meaningful notes using main points and essential ideas.
❖ Indent your notes properly.
❖ Complete sentences should NOT be written – use brief phrases.
❖ You can omit prepositions, helping words etc. But not at the expense of clarity.
❖ Organize notes in a systematic manner.
❖ Give the notes a title (in CAPITAL LETTERS).
❖ Use a minimum of 4 abbreviations but not more than 6.
❖ Give a key for the abbreviations used. The key should be given after the notes and
before the summary.
❖ Use recognizable abbreviations – for eg. Govt. / Demo. Writing first 3-4 letters and last
letter can abbreviate some words.
Govt. - government
Edu. - education
Admn. - administration
Obsn. - observation
Use symbols - for example
- increase
i.e. - that is
>

< - decrease

viz - namely

SUMMARY WRITING:
● On the basis of the notes that you have made, write a summary in one
paragraph. This should not exceed 100 words.
● Do not use abbreviations in the summary.
● The title of the summary should be the same as the notes.

Title for notes & the summary: Make a title that sums up the main idea of the passage in
not more than 6 words.

Sample Notes & Summary:

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Cosmetic surgery is the latest beauty mantra in India, as more and more people want to look
young and feel good. Be it a crooked nose, cleft lip or excessive body flab, cosmetic surgery
can correct it all. Moreover, in the last decade, the popularity of medical tourism has soared
among people in developed nations due to the elevated cost of healthcare in their own
countries. A career as a cosmetic surgeon entails years of training and developing
exceptional skill. However, once established, clients will flow in. Cosmetic surgery entails
specialization in a wide variety of areas such as rhinoplasty (nose job), abdominoplasty
(tummy tuck), otoplasty (ear surgery), chin, cheek, and liposuction.

The level of education is expanding in the field of medical science, and the demand for
cosmetic surgeons in India is at an all-time high. Cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is a fine-
tuned branch of medicine and requires intensive training. After an MBBS degree, students
would have to pursue a three-year Masters in Surgery (MS) degree and decide upon their
area of specialization. The MS degree involves a house job, a junior residency and a senior
residency for one year each. Students then have to give a dissertation for approval to the
university, after which they can sit for the MS examinations. Aspiring cosmetic surgeons
need to specialize in plastic and reconstructive surgery, also known as M. Ch degree.
Another option after MBBS is the Diploma National Board (DNB), which is parallel to the
conventional medical system and offers various specialization options including plastic and
cosmetic surgery. The basic requirement of a cosmetic surgeon is an elevated sense of
aesthetics and beauty. A sense and perception for the perfection of the human anatomy is
vital in cosmetic surgery.
During their practicing years, students must aim to train under renowned surgeons in the
field, and soak up as much as possible from their expertise. Being an apprentice to a good
surgeon will not only give you the much-required exposure to the reality of the cosmetic
operations but will also build your confidence and client base. The practicing years are
crucial because in cosmetic surgery, perfect results are essential.

Medical science is not a stagnant field, and hence one must also keep abreast of the latest in
the field of cosmetic surgery. The biggest profit for a truly dedicated cosmetic surgeon is the
beautiful result of his work and the client’s satisfaction. After training under reputed
cosmetic surgeons, one can either seek employment in a hospital as a full-time surgeon or
open up a private clinic, or do both. If you are good, people will come to you.

Word of mouth is the best form of advertising for a cosmetic surgeon. (460words)

a) Make notes on the passage given above in any format using recognizable
abbreviations. Give a suitable title to the passage.
b) Write a summary based on the notes you have made in about 80 words.

COSMETIC SURGERY

1. POPULARITY OF COSMETIC SURGERY

1.1 Look good, feel young
1.2 Incr. in medical tourism

2. TYPES OF COSMETIC SURGERY

2.1 Rhinoplasty
2.2 Abdominoplasty
2.3 Otoplasty

3. QUALIFICATIONS
3.1 Intensive training
3.2 MBBS followed by MD/DNB
3.3 MCH - further specialization
3.4 Aesthetic sense
3.5 Sense for perception

4. IMPORTANCE OF APPRENTICESHIP
4.1 Reqd. exposure
4.2 Build confidence & client base
4.3 Keep abreast of latest trends

5. SUCCESSFUL COSMETIC SURGERY

5.1 Satisfied clients
5.2 Pvt. Clinics
COSMETIC SURGERY
Summary to be written using the notes- one paragraph of 80 words.

PASSAGE 2
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Cycling survives as a popular pastime because it yields pleasure and benefits. First of all,
cycling provides exercise, the need of which is felt by most people. The development of
machinery tends to deprive us of adequate opportunities of expending energy while
earning a livelihood. Other opportunities should be created through the medium of
sport. Of cycling, many people hastily say that it is ‘hard work’, but a fit and practiced
rider does not agree with this verdict. The art of easy cycling must be cultivated, as will
be shown later, but once it has been acquired, a long day’s run should not unduly tire a
rider endowed with a normal measure of health. Nobody has better described the
exercise of cycling than the late Twell Brex, who said enthusiastically, speaking from
experience: “You move along by your own glad effort”.
Many of us wish to use our legs and our lungs, as well as our eyes. An active, healthy
person ought not to be content to travel always as a mere passenger – “like an image
pushed from behind”, as Stevenson says. That is not life. Those who would turn all active
cyclists into sedentary motor-drivers, or into idle passengers, would serve the nation
better if they restricted their attentions to the aged and infirm, for whom petrol
generated propulsion is doubtless a blessing, and may be a necessity.
It is often said that the cyclist cannot travel as far or as fast as the motorist. Admitting
this, the cyclist may be permitted to ask if it is always desirable that travel should involve
modern motoring speeds (or accidents). Is the enjoyment of the traveller in search of
pleasure to be measured merely in miles, or, what is worse in miles-per- hour, or what is
worse still, in miles-per-gallon? Surely the cyclist, pedalling calmly along at a modest
twelve miles an hour is able to assimilate scenery more easily, more completely, and
with more enjoyment, than the hurrying occupant of a car! Cyclists believe that their
method of travel is a sensible and convenient compromise between walking and driving.
If bicycles were unobtainable, most keen cyclists would become walkers rather than
motorists.
There are at least two distinct types of cyclists. The exercise of pedalling provides an all-
sufficient satisfaction for one type. This is the purely athletic rider who travels in long,
fast rides, in time trails and other forms of strenuous competitions and sometimes
attacks records. This type of cyclist goes into strict training, develops leg-thrust and
perfect ankle action and thinks nothing of pedalling at twenty miles an hour. The other
distinct type is the tourist, who takes no interest in racing but a deep interest in the
countryside and the pageant unfolded by the open road. Comparatively, few cyclists are
interested in both racing and touring.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the passage, make notes on it using recognizable
abbreviations wherever necessary (Min 4) use a suitable format. Supply an
appropriate title.
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words.