The document discusses note taking, summarizing, paraphrasing, and providing proper citation for sources. It explains that note taking involves short fragments and bullet points without full sentences, while summarization is putting an source's main ideas into one's own words in a shorter form. Paraphrasing also restates a source in one's own words but retains more details, and both paraphrasing and summarizing require citation of the original source.
2. Note Taking
• Short, fragments
• Bullet points
• Not sentences, usually
• No grammar
o Spelling is still important!
• Two options
o Own words
o Quotations
3. Quote/Summary/Paraphrase
• Quotations
o Identical to the original
o Use “quotation marks”
o Must give credit
• Summarizing
o Putting main ideas into your own words
o Much shorter than original
o Must give credit
• Paraphrasing
o Putting into your own words, includes details
o Usually longer than the original
o Must give credit
4. How are paraphrasing &
summarizing alike?
• They’re both in your own
words!
• You have to give credit to
the source of the idea.
5. How are paraphrasing &
summarizing different?
• A summary is based on
main ideas, while a
paraphrase includes details.
6. Jenny is a fifteen-year old student
who attends a rural school. She is very
outgoing and participates in school
activities such as cheerleading and
Quiz Bowl. Because her school is
small, everyone knows her and she
knows everyone in school.
Example Paragraph
7. • Jenny
• 15
• Small, “rural” school
o Everyone knows each other
• Friendly
• Clubs
o Cheerleading
o Quiz Bowl.
My Example Notes
8. • Jenny, a fifteen-year old girl, goes
to a small school where everyone
knows each other. She is active in
several extra-curricular activities
including cheerleading and Quiz
Bowl.
Example of Paraphrasing
9. • Jenny is well known in her small
high school and participates in
school activities.
Example of Summarizing
10. Your turn to practice!
• Read the article provided.
• On the back, take notes using the fragment
method.
• Write a summary or paraphrase of the article
using only the notes that you took. Do not look
back at the article.
• IF you finish early-BrainPop videos (quiz 100%
and get a prize)
o Main Idea
o Paraphrasing
o Plagiarism
Notas do Editor
Provide a short article. I use one from Scholastic, Weekly Reader, or Time for Kids. On the back, I used the “Use Fragmented Notes” word document. This assignment can be used to show how well they understood the note taking process and as a pre-assessment for summarization. Most will write way too much!