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NOTE-MAKING

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It also helps us at work
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Let us begin
with an example
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These beautiful birds occupy an important niche
in nature’s scheme of things
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The Galliformes are known as game
birds and this includes, pheasants, partridges, quails,
grouse, francolins, turkeys and megapodes
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The purpose of this chart
is to create awareness among members of the school ecoclubs under the National Green Corps (NGC) of the Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Government of India
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Scientists believe that all pheasants originated
from the Himalayas, and then scattered into Tibet, China,
Myanmar, South and South East Asian countries as well as
the Caucasus Mountains
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About a third of all the pheasants in the world are found
in India
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It occupies a prominent place in India’s art, culture
and folklore
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Pheasants are shy, charming birds known for their brilliant
plumage
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Of the 900 bird species and
155 families, the pheasants belong to the order Galliformes
and family Phasinidae
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There are 51 species of pheasants in the world and these
are shown in the identification chart brought out by the
Environment Society of India (ESI)
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Except for the Congo Peafowl, all the other pheasants
are from Asia
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The jungle fowl and the peafowl
spread to South India and Sri Lanka long before the early
settlers established themselves in the Indo-Gangetic plain
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The male blue peafowl (the peacock) is the best
known member of the pheasant family and is India’s national
bird
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STEP 2
Read the passage again asking yourself questions and answering
them as you read
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Which group of birds? — Order: Galliformes (game birds);
Family — Phasinidae

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How many species? — 51
What is the source of information? — ESI chart
What is the purpose of the ESI chart? — Create awareness
among school eco-clubs under NGC
Which is the best known member? — Peacock, India’s
national bird
STEP 3
With the help of the answers note down the main points
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Pheasants — shy birds with bright plumage found largely in
Asia, especially India
Origin in the Himalayas and spread in China, Myanmar, South
and SE Asia
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of species: 51 (ESI chart)
Purpose of ESI chart — Creating awareness among school
eco-clubs under NGC
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Notice
Two or three related ideas can be combined into one point
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This is only to analyse the process of note-making
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STEP 5
Finally we go over the facts and number them again
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1
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They should identify the main
point
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(iii) They are written only in phrases; not sentences
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(i) Information is logically divided and subdivided by the
use of figures/letters
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Sub-sections
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(i), (ii), (iii), etc
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3
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Main sections
:
1, 2, 3, etc
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1, 1
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3, etc
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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4
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Articles,
prepositions and conjunctions are omitted
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Notes must make sense when they are read again otherwise
they will be of no use
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The energy stored in coal and petroleum originally came to
the earth from the sun
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Lush, swampy forests
produced huge trees; warm coastal seas swarmed with
microscopic forms of life
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But a significant amount of dead
plant and animal material was covered with mud, which
prevented complete decomposition
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Sandwiched
between the layers, both coal and petroleum were produced
and preserved under pressure
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Coal may still be forming here and there on earth,
but conditions are not right for the production of significant
quantities
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Underline the important words and phrases
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Write down points without fully expanded verbs, numbering
them as you do
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Combine related points
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Group related points
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Change the verbs to nouns and begin points with them
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Number the points
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Storage of energy from sun in coal and petroleum
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Teeming life in tropical conditions
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Prevention of total decomposition by considerable dead
plants, animals being covered with mud
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Production of coal, petroleum by compression of organic
matter between rocks
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