Note Making & Summarizing What is NOTE MAKING? NOTE MAKING is a brief record of > Points » Ideas Written down as an aid to memory. NOTE MAKING The skill of writing a note. This is helpful to anyone who wants to compress a large piece of information into a brief, organized summarized Piece which can be conveniently referred to as and when required. IMPORTANCE OF NOTEMAKING 1. Keeps a lot of information at our disposal for ready reference. 2. To record a speech or dictation while listening to it or after reading a book. 3. Helps us reconstruct what was said or written and thus accelerates the process of remembering/recall. 4.Useful to students preparing so many subjects. Important points to be followed while making notes. >» Third personFacts Relevant details No diagrams. Full sentences are not used Words, phases or short sentences Logical sequence Abbreviations Symbols (2%, #, Ke &,$) Short forms (exp. etc. mfg. govt) STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED WHILE MAKING NOTES. STEP 1: Read the passage carefully and try to get what itis about STEP 2: Undertine the key words/sentences, which reflect the main ideas and important supporting etal — STEP 3: Read the passage again asking yourself questions and answering them as you read (what, where, when, which, how, etc) — STEP 4: Provide a suitable Til. (preferably in BLOCKLETTERS) — STEP 5: With the help ofthe answers make notes ofthe main keas under headings and add sub- Points under sub-headings. Write the points without full forms ofthe verbs (2/3 related ideas can be combined into one; use of colons & long dash) “= STEP 6: Use proper indentation. = STEP 7: Give the abbreviation st within a box. Format of a note Title 1. Main Point 1.1 Sub Point 1.1.1 Sub-sub point 1.1.2 Sub-sub point 2. Main Point 2.1 Sub Point 2.2 Sub Point 2.2.1 Sub-sub Point 2.2.2 Sub-sub Point (Use abbreviations, short forms, symbols) SUMMARISING ‘Summarising follows Note making. The purpose of note making s usualy for one’s own personal reference. if the main points are to be reported, we present a summary. It isnot a5 severely shortened as note-making ‘Summarising isthe selection and paraphrasing of allimportant information ofthe original source.HOWTO SUMMARISE ‘The points should be expanded into fl sentences and linked using suitable connectors. We need tobe precise in our expression The summary wll contain allthe main ideas ofthe original — Avoid examples, explanations, repetition — A summary i usually one-third te length ofthe original Passage Note making and summarising a). Ttle-1 mark Notes with proper numbering and indentation-Armark Key glossary-tmark Notes-2mark ». summarylabout 50 words)-3marks content-2marks Expression 2marks ‘Sample Example (Note Making & summarizing) Passage- 1 (for Note Making) Read the following passage carefully: ‘The innocuous looking double fence of barbed wire can be easy crossed over, but the jawan at the ‘nearby bunker advises against it. Th entire area beyond is densely mined. From the small window ofthe bunker the muzzle ofa machine gun stcks out, aimed at Pakstan. From the sentry posta lite higher up, the Pakistan border outpost can be seen with binoculars and there isa smaller hut much closer with 3 machine gun. Two days ago, one ofthe men had his hat blown off by automatic fie from across the border. The tension is heightened by the sub zero breeze. Its winter in Gore, Kashmir, 8000 ft above sea level, the line of control between india and Pakistan occupied territory. And offal, the two countries are at peace ‘ut peace has rarely ever extended to the line of control, the ceasefire line determined after the 1971, war. The line of control does not have the sanctity of the international boundary as the Border Security Force’s inspector-General for Kashmir observes, “We cannot take it fr granted that ‘they’ won't do anything here even with best of relations between ladia and Pakistan. Erg, the perpetual alert. The alertness Is responsible forthe miltary atmosphere that prevails at Kashmie Headquarters and ‘outposts. At international boundaries, as in Rajasthan and Bangladesh, the BSF functions asthe police force it was envisaged to be when founded in 1965, It checks smuggling and lfltration and even sors‘out problems of straying cattle. Those intercepted are often armed with closed-combat automatic ‘weapons, which canbe very effective against the BS standard 7.62 self doading rifle ‘And death comes easily in those mountain, where the body's energy i pent fightin the cold. On daly border patrols, small injuries can spell death. Not long before our vist, two jawans overcame by fatigue had stopped to rest near Razhdan, They simpy froze to death. Ten-day patrols often set out from the ‘outposts, eating, sleeping and moving about in snow, with blizzards and avalanches possible any time. ‘nd W's never certain that every man wal return ave. The BSF has a greater responsiblity an the mountain passes ofthe line of control iti very often on its ‘own. n case of attack, the army will not be able to reach the passes quickly as It would on the plain, And ‘the Kashmie outposts are cutoff from the rest ofthe world in the winter months, when the BSF men are ‘expected to hold on to their posts under attack. {2} On the bass of your reading ofthe passage, make notes on it using headings and sub-headings ‘Supply an appropriate tite to it Use recognisable abbreviations (minimum), wherever necessary (Smarts) (0) witea summary of the notes prepare, in not more than 80 words. (mars) ANSWER Our brave jawans Line of Contr! 1Lamarked~ double fence of barbed wire 12area beyond - densely mined 1. 3éisputed — high tension and perpetual alert 2asF 2.founded ~ 1965 22 ns. asa palce force 2.2.1 atRaj, Bang, borders and Lot 22.2 checks ~ smuggling, iftration, prob. of straying cattle 3. aifficuties faced by the jawans 3.1 armed aggressors, 3 2hostle weather 3.2.1 bitterly cold in Kashmir~small injuries spell death 3.22 extremely hot in Raj. [Abbreviations use Fs. functions Raj, ~ Rajasthan Bang. — Bangladesh oC. Line of Contr! Prob.~ problem Summary = The area beyond the fenced Line of Control Is densely mined. Since it ls dlsputed, perpetual alert is ‘maintained. Border Security Force founded in 1965 functions as @ police force at Rajasthan and Bangladesh borders. It checks smuggling. infiltration, and problems of straying cattle. The jawans have to ‘ace armed aggressors, hostile weather and dificult terrain, On dally border patrols, small injuries can spell death, They simply frove to death, Passage- ? (for Note Making).