First, divide the paper into two columns. Label the column on the left
“Note-Taking” and the column on the right
“Note-Making”

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“Write Down an Important
Element from the Story”
(author’s last name page).
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Note-Taking entries must be direct citations
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Skip Five Spaces
Before Next Entry

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Respond to Note-Taking by:
 Relating it to your life
 Relating it to events at school, hometown, state, country or the world
 Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with what happened

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Asking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover the answer)

Making a comparison or connection to other stories, TV shows, movies, songs, etc .


Making a comparison to any of the above by creating an original simile or metaphor

All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words or more

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Minimum One Note-Taking entry per page read or for every five minutes of a video
(for a “C” on Assignment)
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Every Note-Taking entry must have a note-making entry or no credit is received

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Must be Neatly Written or
Typed or No Credit Received
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Number all of your entries

Example of How to Do a Two Column
Journal from the Short-Story,
“The Secret Lion.”
Note-Taking Note-Making
1. “And there were words, oh, there were words in junior high school, and we wanted to know what they were, and how a person did them — that’s what school was supposed to be for”
(Rios 182).
1. I remember when I was in junior high and
I asked my history teacher what the difference was between an American kiss and a French kiss. He just stared at me and shook his head.

Note-Taking Note-Making
 “Write down an important element or fact from the story or essay” (author’s last name page).
 Note-Taking entries must be direct citations
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Skip Five Spaces
Before Next Entry
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Respond to Note-Taking by:
Connecting it to your life
Connecting it to events at school, hometown, state, country or the world
Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with what happened
Asking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover the answer)
Making a comparison or connection to other stories,
TV shows, movies, songs, etc.
Making a comparison to any of the above by creating an
 original simile or metaphor
All Note-Making Entries are
10 Words or more

1.
Each double entry is worth
2.
________ points
If the Note-taking side is cited incorrectly, only ¾ credit earned for that entry.
3.
If the Note-making side is less than 10 words, only ¾ credit is earned for that entry.

4.
If both the Note-taking and Note-making entries are incorrectly formatted, only ½ credit is earned
5.
If Note-taking, Notemaking entries do not line up across the page, multiply total score by
.75

6.
After totaling up the score, write a minimum two sentence evaluation of why the person earned that score.
State positive comments first. Then, make constructive criticisms, if needed.

Entries
5
8
10
15
16
20
Points
¾
Pts
½
Pts.
20
12.5
10
6.7
6.25
5
7
5
15
9
4
3.75
5
3
10
6
3
2.5