Note Taking Guide

How to Take Research Notes

• Using your note taking guide write down important information from the website (URL, authors, date…)
• Start by reading a paragraph
• Next go through the paragraph sentence by sentence pulling out important facts
• Then, in your notes jot down important words and phrases leaving out prepositions (of, to, in, for, etc.) and connecting words (and, but etc,)
• Repeat this process with each paragraph
• Next it is time to turn your notes, or facts into complete sentences using your own words
• Now use the notes you collected to create your presentation!

Please use the following template as a guide to take your research notes: NoteGuide.doc