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Information Literacy: Note Taking
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1   Link   Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting
This site describes the differences between Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting. It also includes descriptions of when you will use each of them.
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2   Link   Colorado State University Writing Guide: Summarizing
This comprehensive site has a ton of information about writing conventions including summarizing and paraphasing.
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3   Link   Purdue Online Writing Lab: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
This is a succinct description of the differences between these three methods of using information.
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4   Link   The University of Texas at Austin: Summarizing
This description actually describes how to summarize and what steps should be taken for summarizing different types of information sources.
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5   Link   Five Lessons for Teaching Note Taking
Scroll down a little to see the links to five different lessons on teaching this skill.
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6   Link   Reading Quest.org Comprehension Strategies: Summarizing
This site has a description of summarizing and how students can be taught to summarize. Be sure to follow the additional links on this page for additional strategies and lessons.
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7   Link   Reading to Learn Reading to Learn: Teaching Summarization
This straigtforward lesson structure also includes lessons designed to build skills needed to summarize.
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8   Link   Curry School of Education: Direct Instruction of Summary
This simple lesson is an example of direct instruction. It is missing steps though. Modeling could be coupled with this strategy to begin teaching students about summarization.
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