English Grammar Class: 03/17/22

Thursday, 17 March 2022

NOTE-MAKING-WRITING SKILL-COMPILED BY-DR. SALUNKHE T.B.

NOTE-MAKING

What is note making?

The concept of ‘Note-making’ is an important activity in language. It shares some similarities as well as dissimilarities with another concept like 'Mind-Mapping', ‘Summarizing’. Note-making is an activity in which main points and sub-points are jotted down to keep ideas in our mind.

Purpose of note-making:

In fact the process of note-making serves various purposes in our study. Some of them are as follows:

1. To classify main points and subsidiary points.

2. To keep main ideas in our mind.

3. To revise or remind main points quickly.

4. It is a short cut to remember any long passage.

5. To strengthen or master key ideas.

How to make a note:

1. The given passage should be scanned or read once or twice and underline main points and subsidiary points.

2. The note should be made only with the help of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Generally, grammatical words such as articles, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions are avoided.

3. All the main points should be placed in a logical manner.

4. Important examples and points should be highlighted with underline.

5. Remember the note is never made with the help of complete sentences.

6. One must follow accuracy, neatness, clarity, etc. in note-making.

Types of note- making:

There are three types of note-making. They are as follows:

1. Tree diagram

2. Tabular diagram

3. Jotting or noting down main points and sub points

Note: 1.

Remember incomplete sentences are used in ‘Note-making’ and complete sentences are used in ‘Summarizing’.

Note: 2.

In the third type of note-making, Arabic numerals like 1, 2, 3… Roman numerals like I, II, III ….or i, ii, iii… Capital alphabets of English like A, B, C… Or small alphabets like a, b, c… symbols like *,—,ì,.. are used to denote main and sub points. But once you select Arabic numeral 1 to denote the first main point, all the remaining main points should be denoted by next Arabic numerals i. e. 2, 3, 4… Similarly it also applies to sub points.

For example-1

1. Read the following passage and complete the corresponding tree diagram.

Soil is an important part of our biosphere. It is the uppermost layer of the earth. Indeed soil, like water and air, supports life on the earth. The worth of soil was unknown to man. Man realized the real virtue of soil when he learnt the art of cultivating different types of

crops from the soil. Man wanted more food. So he cultivated more lands destroying jungles. This led to soil erosion.

We cannot blame man alone for soil erosion. Different natural factors also are responsible. Heavy winds, rains and forest fires also lead to soil erosion. Soil erosion has many bad effects. It has resulted in the conversion of many hectares of fertile land into barren waste lands. Heavy floods occur due to soil erosion. It is high time that man should prevent soil erosion. Man has started contour farming as preventive method. Dams and walls are made to prevent soil from being washed away.

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For example-1

2. Read the following passage and make a note of it in a tabular form with the help of clues provided:

In India a variety of food crops are grown in various states of the country. The food crops production depends upon the variations in climatic conditions, geographical locations and availability of water supply and cultivation practices. Major food crops grown in India are-rice, wheat, millets, maize, pulses, etc.

Rice is the staple food crop. Our country is the second largest producer of rice in the world. It is kharip crop and requires high temperature, [above 20 degree] and annual rainfall above 100 cm. It is grown in the plains of north and north eastern India, coastal areas. Rice is produced in Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Wheat is the second most important food crop. It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall. Requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening. The major wheat-producing states are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.

Millets-Jowar, Bajra and ragi are the important Millets grown in India. It is a rain fed crop mostly grown in the moist areas, millets producing states are Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Maize is Kharip crop it requires temperature between 21 degrees to 27 degrees. Maize producing states are Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. It is rainfed. Kharip as well as Rabi-crop. All these crops are very important in India.

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For example-3

3. Read the following extract and make a note of main and sub points.

Science is systematized body of knowledge which collects facts analyses them and establishes a causal relationship of particular phenomenon. Sciences can be divided into natural and social sciences. Natural science is mainly connected with the physical world. It includes both physical and biological sciences. Physical sciences consist of physics, chemistry, geography, etc., and deal with inanimate or non-living things. Biological Science includes biology, zoology, physiology etc. and deals with the living beings or organisms. In natural sciences experiments can be conducted under controlled conditions to find out the causal relationship between different factor or elements to establish a principle or law. Under social sciences we study subjects like economics, sociology, history philosophy, and etc Social sciences study interaction of person with society. It deals with questions concerning social life. A person’s behaviour in society that is his social life can not be experimented under controlled conditions. Therefore, there can not be exact, precise laws of principles in social sciences.

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The Classification of Sciences

1. Natural Science

ìConnected with physical world

I. Physical science

a. Physics

b. Chemistry

c. Geography

d. Zoology

e. Physiology

II. Biological science

a. Biology