Handsworth Secondary School: Note Taking

Good Notes:

• Need to be specific
• Are in phrases
• Are in your own words
• Are neat
• Are organized

Make sure you add your research source to your draft bibliography.

The Process

Practice Paraphrasing

• use your own words or quotation marks around exact quotes
• write in sentence fragments

Getting Information

• consult multiple sources (three in addition to encyclopedias)

Keep track of your sources using an online bibliography tool