NOTE-MAKING

Notebook Plan

Learning Objectives:
 To develop reading skills.
 To be selective and identify the key idea.
 To organise the idea.
Guidelines : Note-making
1. Read the passage carefully and thoroughly.
2. While reading the passage, underline the key sentences.
3. Identify the main points and supporting details.
4. Club similar ideas.
5.Organise the condensed information in a logical and systematic way.
6. Write notes in phrases and words only ( not in sentences).
7.Proper identation and layout esstential.
8. An appropriate title to be given.
9. Only key words to be used.
10. Divide the notes into heading, sub-headings, points and sub-points.
11.Each point may or may not have supplementary ideas with sub-points.
12. It must be suggestive of the content of the passage.
13. The notes should cover all points in a passage.
14. Use the abbreviations and symbols wherever necessary.
15. Key to the abbreviations used is provided at the end of the notes in a box.

CBSE Assessment Criteria:

Marks : 05
Title : 01
Content : 03
Abbreviations used : 01

Guidelines: Summary
Essentials of a good summary:
1. The word ‘ Summary’ to be written at the beginning.
2. It should be concise and precise.
3. It should be coherent, clear and fluent.
4. It should be written in third person.
5. Examples, illustrations, personal comments, statistics, etc. should be avoided.
6. It should be written in complete sentences and in one paragraph.

CBSE Assessment Criteria:

Marks : 03
Content : 02
Expression : 01

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Guidelines to use Symbols and Abbreviations:

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 a) Based on your reading of the above passage, prepare notes in any recognizable format
using sub-headings and points. Use recognisable abbreviations ( minimum 4) wherever
necessary. Give a suitable title. (4 marks)
b) Write a summary of the above passage in 80 words. (4 marks)

Title : Memories of Childhood

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Notes

1. Remembering childhood moments

1.1 happy ……………………………..
1.2 terrified of ……………………………
2. Childhood ………………………………………….
2.1 feeling helpless in dark
2.1.1 moving curtains
2.1.2 …………………………..
2.1.3 creating ……………………………………………………..
2.2 Fear of getting lost ( on the way home from schl.)
2.2.1 scanning of school buses
2.2.2 ……………………………..
2.2.3 …………………………………………..
2.2.4 sureity of not being lost
2.3 Fear of disliking
2.3.1 quite ………………………..
2.3.2 worried ………………………………….
2.3.3 wear the right ………………………….
2.3.4 imp. of popularity

3. Overcoming childhood fears

3.1 undg. …………………………………………

3.2 recongnising and overcoming fears
3.3 accepting ……………………………………………..

Key to the abbreviations used:

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

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 Worksheet-Note Making and Summary
1.Read the passage given below: 08 marks
Getting enough sleep is as important as taking time out to relax. A good night’s
sleep is essential for preserving the health of your brain and gives you the best
chance to meet the coming day with a razor-sharp mind. An average person
needs about six to eight hours sleep a night – although it is also true that you need
slightly less than this, as you grow older-another advantage of aging stress and
sleep deprivation often feed on each other, since stress tends to make it harder
for you to fall asleep at night and sleep deprivation in itself causes stress.

Eventually, too little sleep can dramatically interfere with the performance of
your memory – something you obviously want to prevent. If you are not getting
enough sleep, try going to bed 30 to 60 minutes earlier than your normal bed
time for a few days. Lie down on the bed and try to relax by dissociating
yourself from your daily routine work. This is normally enough to catch up on
any sleep deprivation.

If, however, you suffer from insomnia you should seek the advice of your
doctor. The chances are it is already affecting your ability to remember and
recall information – and if you are struggling to improve your memory scores,
this could be at the root of your problem. Prolonged periods of insufficient sleep
can deplete your immune system, make you more accident prone and even cause
depression – this can also reinforce a more negative outlook on life, which can
contribute to your stress burden. The good news is that your memory and mood
should automatically improve once you improve your sleep patterns. Tackle
your sleep issues and everything else should fall into place.

Because stress management is so essential to maximize your brain power, if you

are not in the habit of setting aside time to relax, make it a priority to do so. Even
a minute or two of deep breathing can start to work wonders. Often the best
ideas and memories can come to you when you are in a state of relaxation as it is
during these moments that your brain stores, processes and plays with the
information it has received.

Meditation has long been part of religious and spiritual life, especially in Asia.
Today, more and more people are adopting it in Western countries also, for its
value in developing peace of mind and lowering stress. There is some evidence
that regular meditation can have real sleep gain and health benefits particularly
in terms of protecting your brain against aging.

a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using
sub-headings and points. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-
minimum four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate
title to it. 4 marks
b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. 4 marks

Title: ______________________________

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 1. Importance of Sleep
1.1. preserves ____________
1.2. sharpens _________________
1.3. six to eight hour________________

2. Impact of Sleep Deprivation

2.1. ________________
2.2. ________________

3. Insomnia
3.1. affects ________________________
3.2. depletes ______________________
3.3. makes one ______________________
3.4. causes depression
3.4.1 _______________________
3.4.2 increases ____________________

4. Stress management works wonders

4.1. essential________________________
4.2. uplifts ___________________________
4.3. brain relaxes,______________________

Key to the Abbreviations used:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Summary
(based on the notes made above)

2. Read the following passage carefully:

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 Tomorrow, May 31, is when Delhi’s tongas go off the road. In one stroke, over 200
tongawallahs will be left with no option but to discontinue a profession that many of
them have been involved in, for generations. It will also be the end of a way of life for
many people in old Delhi — used to having the tonga in their midst for commuting
around the area. Or, for those who are dependent on it for their livelihood, like horse-
shoe makers and cleaners.

Why are tongas being phased out? Apparently, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
decided last year that the tongas cause congestion and pose a threat to traffic security.
Therefore, they have to go. It seems to be a knee-jerk reaction, at best. Even if one were to
accept MCD’s argument, banning tongas completely is hardly a solution to Delhi’s traffic
mess. Considering that there are almost 10-15 lakh rickshaws in the capital — which some
would say add to the traffic problem even more, the 200 odd tongas are a mere drop in the
ocean.

The alternative being provided to the tongawallahs is a tehbazaari or a roadside shop. This
shift in profession is something that most tongawallahs are not too keen about— they feel
that the shops are located too far away from the Old Delhi area where they live. And neither
do most of them have the capital to equip the shops with goods nor do they have the
inclination to let go of their horses, which inevitably, they will have to, once their tongas are
gone.

Is there a solution to their plight? Majority of tongawallahs that I spoke to, are keen on an
idea which, if it is implemented, can be a workable solution. It is simply, to let them
refurbish their tongas as buggies(carriages) and allow them to cater to tourists in areas like
India Gate, Red Fort etc. Indeed, many cities across the world are doing this already from
the ‘Victorias’ operating near the Gateway of India in Mumbai to the chariots rented out to
tourists near the Colosseum in Rome to Fiacres, the quaint carriages that carry visitors
around the old city of Vienna.

Delhi can easily follow the examples of these cities and probably do a bit more, considering
that it has a rich Mughal ancestry as well as a colonial past. Carriages can be furbished
according to the areas where they ply. In the process, they can give tourists a chance to
relive that era in style and thereby ensure that a slice of the past is still relevant in the
present.

a) On the basis of your reading make notes on the above passage, using sub-headings
and points. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary- minimum four)
and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it.

b) Write the summary of the passage in 80 words.

3. Read the following passage carefully:

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1. The term earthquake is applied to any tremor or shaking of the ground. Many
earthquakes are so gentle as to pass almost unrecognised, others are sufficiently
pronounced to excite general alarm, while some spread enormous destruction.
Destructive earthquakes are usually confined to limited regions. The usual
phenomena recorded in well-known earthquakes are first a trembling, next one or
more severe shocks, and then a trembling which gradually dies away. In most cases,
each shock lasts only a few seconds, but the tremblings that follow may continue for
days, weeks, or even months. Noises of various kinds usually accompany an
earthquake. They have been likened to the howling of storm, the growling of thunder,
the clanking and clashing of iron chains, or the rumbling of heavy wagons along a
road. Such noises are conducted through the ground, or the may travel through the
sea or air, and are often heard at great distances from the place where the shock is
felt. Some earthquakes, however, are not accompanied by these noises. At the time of
the terrible shock which destroyed Riobamba in Ecuador on February 4, 1797, a
complete silence reigned.
2. Many changes are produced on the earth’s surface by earthquakes. They cause
landslips and cracks in the earth, which will sometimes alter the drainage system of a
country. They are frequently accompanied by great sea waves, which will often sweep
rocks and sand great distances inland. Permanent elevations and depressions of land
are sometimes caused. After the great earthquakes of 1750, the coast of Chili was
found to have been permanently raised from three to four feet. Well-known examples
of permanent depressions are those of the Runn of Kutch and the coastlands near
Chittagong, which suddenly sank during the Bengal earthquake of 1762.
3. Earthquakes are the most common in volcanic and mountainous regions, and many of
them are no doubt due to volcanic action. These appear to originate in the sea, and
may be due to the flashing into steam of the water which finds its way down through
cracks to the underlying heated rocks. Others appear to originate in volcanoes
themselves, being due to the explosion of vapours which expand. Many other causes
are ascribed, of which two may be mentioned. Some earthquakes may be due to the
collapse of hollows beneath the ground, and others again to the snapping of strata
which has been subjected to too great a strain. It is noticeable that most earthquakes
occur during the cold months of winter.
4. Among destructive earthquakes in modern times may be mentioned the one that
altered the Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily in 1908, and the terrible
upheaval in Japan in 1925, which destroyed whole towns and caused the death of
thousands of people.

a) Make notes of the contents of the passage you have read. Use a format you
consider suitable. Use recognizable abbreviations ( minimum 4) where necessary. Give
a suitable title to the passage.
b) Make a summary of the passage in 80 words.