India’s national bird, member of this family, represented in Indian art, culture and folklore. Notice l Two or three related ideas can be combined into one point. l Use of colons l Use of the long dash S TEP Now go over the facts and number them. l This is only to analyse the process of note-making.
With practice you will be able to reach Step immediately, going through Steps and mentally. S TEP Finally we go over the facts and number them again. Read carefully the characteristics of good notes which are given below. .
(i) Notes should be short. They should identify the main point. (ii) They list information in what is called ‘note form’. (iii) They are written only in phrases; not sentences.
. (i) Information is logically divided and subdivided by the use of figures/letters. (ii) The divisions are made like this: Main sections , , , etc. Sub-sections (i), (ii), (iii), etc.
Sub-sub-sections (a), (b), (c), etc. . Another common method is the ‘decimal’ system. Main sections , , , etc.
Sub-sections . , . , . , etc.
Sub-sub-sections . . , . .
Abbreviations and symbols are freely used. Articles, prepositions and conjunctions are omitted. . Notes must make sense when they are read again otherwise they will be of no use.
Now read the following text. The energy stored in coal and petroleum originally came to the earth from the sun. The bulk of the present-day supplies was laid down some to million years ago, when tropical conditions were widespread. Lush, swampy forests produced huge trees; warm coastal seas swarmed with microscopic forms of life.
When these organisms died, much of their tissue was recycled as it is today — through scavenging and decay. But a significant amount of dead plant and animal material was covered with mud, which prevented complete decomposition. With the passage of time, layer upon layer of the fine sediment was deposited over the once-living material; the sheer weight turned the sediments to rock. Sandwiched between the layers, both coal