Organizing Your Notes

Question 1

True or False: You must organize your notes after you take them.

Answer 1

True: You need to organize your notes after they have been taken.

Question 2

What is one way to organize your notes?

Answer 2

A way to organize notes is to form an outline.

Question 3

Step 1 to organize your notes:

Answer 3

Identify the main idea of your notes from each paragraph. Then choose what main ideas to include in your report.

Question 4

How do you identify the main idea of your notes?

Answer 4

Identify the main idea of the paragraph from which you took the notes.

Question 5

Step 2 to organize your notes:

Answer 5

Decide what main ideas fit together from all resources, and combine them.

Question 6

Step 3 to organize your notes:

Answer 6

Arrange the main ideas in a logical order on your outline.

Question 7

Step 4 to organizing your notes:

Answer 7

Place details in the outline under the main ideas they fit.

Question 8

True or False: The outline does not need to include all of the details.

Answer 8

True: Not all of the details must be included in the outline.

Question 9

True or False: You do not need your notes after you create your outline.

Answer 9

False: You should keep your notes to refer to them.