Listen to news stories 4 or 5 times each week (only once a day)
Listen to stories on the websites on the Finding news stories page
Choose stories that interest you
Listen several times to one story but not more than three times
Listen for about 10-15 minutes (not more than 20 minutes) and make notes
If the story is short (about 5 minutes or less), listen for one day only
If the news story is longer than about 5 minutes, listen for more than one day (5-10 minutes = 2 days; 10 minutes or longer = 3 days)
Plan in advance when and where to listen
Listen to stories from different websites
Make notes about each story you listen to in your notebook
Use a double page in your notebook to make notes each week
Put the title, date and source (e.g. Voice of America) at the top of your notes for each story
Take a photo of each page of your listening notes and upload them to your Google Doc