Making Point Form Notes

Social Studies – L5C

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• Point form notes are brief notes that give only the important points needed for understanding the information.

The natural vegetation of Greece has changed little since ancient times

Becomes

- natural vegetation unchanged since ancient times

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• Point form notes are like making an outline of information.

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• In making point form notes , it is NOT necessary to write down everything.

• Animals of many kinds roamed in the woods and countryside of ancient Greece.

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• Skim through the subtopics or the paragraphs from the text to find the important points in this information.

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• Decide what facts are needed to help you describe this information.

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• Beneath your title, use bullets with simple words or phrases to note these ideas.

Climate

• Hot, humid most of the year

bulletSimple phrases

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• For longer amounts of information, you may need to organize your points by subtitles.

Climate, Natural Resources, Animal Life

Your task

• With a partner, make notes on the Animal Life on page 16

Your page should Look like this…

Animal Life - Animals roamed woods and countryside

Thursday January 6th