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Marking up a Book

Marking up a Book. Christopher J. Middelhof MBA. Goals. Discuss importance of marking the text Compare effective and ineffective marking Develop a system for marking a text. Marking the Text. Steps: SQ3R without marking anything

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Marking up a Book

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  1. Marking up a Book Christopher J. Middelhof MBA

  2. Goals • Discuss importance of marking the text • Compare effective and ineffective marking • Develop a system for marking a text

  3. Marking the Text • Steps: • SQ3R without marking anything • Box transitions: place a box around one word that signals a transition from one idea to another • Circle vocabulary: circle only the vocabulary word or phrase • Use the margin to mark MI for main idea or EX for example

  4. Marking the Text • Steps continued: • On every page mark the three whats • What is this about in three words or less • So what? Why do I care? Why do people with my major care? Why will this matter in another class? • Now what? How will I use this on the test, in a paper, in another class? • Write questions: in the margin place a ? If something in the line confuses you. Write a test questions about the paragraph.

  5. Your Turn • SQ3R the pages • Place a box around the words that signal a change in topic • Circle vocabulary words

  6. Your Turn • Print MI in the margin where appropriate • Print EX in the margin where appropriate • Write the three whats in the margin on one page • Pretend you are the instructor, write a great test question in the margin close to where the answer can be found.

  7. Marking the Text • Write a summary at the bottom of every third page. • Main idea • Examples of main idea • People, dates, places

  8. Highlighting • The Problem: an entire highlighted page means nothing • Colors can be distracting • No significance—doesn’t relate to test or other course or workplace

  9. Highlighting • Decide what highlighting means to you. • Only vocabulary • Only names and dates • Only test questions • Only answer to objectives at the front of the chapter • Limit yourself: highlight no more than three words in a row. No exceptions. • Imagine the dollar a highlight dilemma.

  10. Review • Steps: • SQ3R without marking anything • Box transitions: place a box around one word that signals a transition from one idea to another • On every page mark the threewhats • What is this about in three words or less • So what? Why do I care? Why do people with my major care? Why will this matter in another class? • Now what? How will I use this on the test, in a paper, in another class?

  11. Review • Decide what highlighting means to you. • Only vocabulary • Only names and dates • Only test questions • Only answers to objectives at the front of the chapter • Limit yourself: highlight no more than three words in a row. No exceptions. • Imagine the dollar a highlight dilemma

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