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NOTE MAKING STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS

The document outlines guidelines for effective note-making, emphasizing the importance of crafting suitable titles, identifying main points, and supplying supporting points. It provides specific instructions for each aspect, including formatting rules and content extraction techniques. Teachers are encouraged to train students in these areas to enhance their note-taking skills.

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NOTE MAKING STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS

The document outlines guidelines for effective note-making, emphasizing the importance of crafting suitable titles, identifying main points, and supplying supporting points. It provides specific instructions for each aspect, including formatting rules and content extraction techniques. Teachers are encouraged to train students in these areas to enhance their note-taking skills.

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NOTE MAKING

1. Providing a suitable title


For candidates to do well in such a task, teachers in schools must train them in the following areas:
 that the title comes from the last sentence of the first paragraph
 the title must be a phrase
 it must be in capital letters and not underlined
 that from where the title begins, all important words must be part of the title so that the
original meaning of the sentence must be retained. For example, if one removes the word
successful from the last sentence of the paragraph, the resultant title will lose its original
meaning.
 abbreviations, contractions and symbols must not be used in the title

2. Giving the main points


In order to obtain maximum points in extracting main points from the passage, candidates must be
trained in the following areas:
 the passage has four main points
 the four main points come from the first sentences of paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5
 each of the main points must be phrased in small letters, numbered and underlined
 the signaling devices such as firstly, secondly, thirdly, next, and finally are used in the
sentences which contain the main points
 abbreviations, contractions and symbols must not be used in the main points
 notes should not be made from the very last paragraph of the passage, which is normally
the summary.

3. Supplying supporting points for each main point


In order for candidates to do well in supplying supporting points, teachers should drill students in
the following areas:
 Supporting points should be phrases extracted from each sentence starting from the second
paragraph.
 If the meaning is the same in two or more sentences, there is no need for repetition
 They should use words used in the passage, not substitutes of the words in the passage.
 Supporting points should begin with an action verb.
 All the points should be numbered consistently.
 They should use standard abbreviations, contractions and symbols.
 They must come up with a minimum of 16 points from the whole passage.
 They should come up with not less than 3 symbols and not less than 3 abbreviations and
contractions.
 The phrases must retain the original meanings of the sentences from which they are
extracted.

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