Note
Marking Scheme: Title- 1 Mark
Content (minimum 3 headings and sub- headings, with proper indentation and notes-
3 Marks
Use of Abbreviations (4/5)- 1 Mark
Summary
Marking Scheme:
Content- 2 Marks Expression- 1 Mark
Steps to Follow before attempting note making
Read the passage and grasp its content.
• Read the passage again, mark the main divisions of the passage and number them
1,2,3,4 or I, II, III, IV or A, B, C, D.
• Mark the sub-points of each main division.
• Mark the sub-sub-points (if any) of each sub-point.
• Try to combine 2/3 related ideas in one point.
• Use noun forms for verbs.
• Don’t write full sentences.
• Skip examples if there are so many.
• Don’t worry about grammar while listing the points.
• Use condensed information.
• Make proper arrangement of your points.
• Supply a suitable title the notes.
• Provide a key listing the abbreviations used in the notes.
How to Condense
1. Using numbers for figures.
Eg. Ten centimeters= 10 cms., Fifty Kilograms= 50 kgs.
2. Using short words for long words.
Eg. Policemen= Cop., Hippopotamus= Hippo.
3. Deleting articles, connectives, auxiliary verbs etc.
Eg. Eating apples is useful= Eating apples useful
Setting of the sun= setting sun
4. Using symbols.
Eg. And= &, dollar= $, greater than= >, lesser than= <
5. Using own abbreviated words:
5.1 Using the first few letters of the words.
Eg. Against= ag., Computer= comp., Answer= ans.
5.2 Using the first few letters and the last letter of the words.
Eg. Standard= std., Department= dept.
5.3 Dropping the vowels of the words.
Eg. Year= yr., Frequent= frqnt.
Format for Note Making
Title
1. Main Division
1.1 Sub-point
1.1.1 sub-sub-point
1.1.2 sub -sub-point
1.2 Sub-point
2. Main Division
2.1 Sub-point
2.2 Sub-point
2.3Sub-point
3. Main Division
3.1Sub-point
3.1.1 sub-sub-point
Key to the Abbreviations used:
1. &= and
2. Govt.= government
SUMMARY/ ABSTRACTION
Points Remember While Writing Summarizing:
1.Read the notes made and understand the ideas of the notes.
2.Write the summary using your own language.
3.Expand the sub-points, phrases in full sentence.
4.Use linkers to achieve fluency.
5.Avoid examples, explanations and repetitions.
6.Make the summary readable.
7.Write the summary in one paragraph. (50 words)
Read the following passage. (Question Paper CBSE, 2020)
Make a Note followed by a Summary
1. How does television affect our lives? It can be very helpful to people who carefully choose
the shows that they watch. Television can increase our knowledge of the outside world; there
are high quality programmes that help us understand many fields of study, science, medicine,
the different arts and so on. Moreover, television benefits very old people, who can’t leave
the house, as well as patients in hospitals. It also offers non-native speakers the advantage of
daily informal language practice. They can increase their vocabulary and practise listening.
2. On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages of television. Of course, it
provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some countries
people watch television for an average of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at the
TV screen for more hours a day than they spend on anything else, including studying and
sleeping. It’s clear that TV has a powerful influence on their lives and that its influence is
often negative.
3. Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of television viewing, a person’s brain
‘relaxes’ the same way that it does just before the person falls asleep. Another effect of
television on the human brain is that it seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view
a lot of television can often concentrate on a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes. They
can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials.
4. Another disadvantage is that television often causes people to become dissatisfied with
their own lives. Real life does not seem so exciting to these people. To many people,
television becomes more real than reality and their own lives seem boring. Also many people
get upset or depressed when they can’t solve problems in real life as quickly as television
actors seem to.
5. Before a child is fourteen years old, he or she views eleven thousand murders on the TV.
He or she begins to believe that there is nothing strange about fights, killings and other kinds
of violence. Many studies show that people become more violent after viewing certain
programmes. They may even do the things that they see in a violent show.
(a) One the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and
subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (minimum four) and a format you consider
suitable. Supply a suitable title to it. (5)
(b) Make a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. (3)
Solution
Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching Television
1. Benefits
1.1 increases know.
1.1.1 of outside world
1.1.2 science
1.1.3 medicine
1.1.4 diff. Arts
1.2 recreation for old ppl. & patients
1.3 informal lang. practice
1.4 increases vocab. & helps practise listening
2. Disadvantages
2.1 ppl. watch for 6 hrs. or more
2.2 students stare at screen for hrs.
2.3 negative influence
2.4 effect on human brain
2.4.1 poor conc.
3. Impact
3.1 feels life not very exciting
3.2 TV more real, life seems boring
3.3 depression when can’t solve problems
4. Violence shown on TV
4.1 children become violent
4.2 killings seem normal
Key to Abbreviations
Words Abbreviations
ppl. People
know. Knowledge
& And
diff. Different
vocab. Vocabulary
lang. Language
hrs. Hours
conc. Concentration
TV television
Summary
Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching Television
Watching television increases knowledge of the outside world, science, medicine and
different arts. It helps old people and patients to recreate. It assists in informal language
practice, improving vocabulary and practise listening. However, watching television for more
than six hours and staring on screens has a negative influence on students. It affects the
human brain and leads to poor concentration. Television makes life boring and nothing feels
exciting. People can feel depressed when they are unable to solve problems as quickly as
actors do. Television normalises violence which can make children violent.
