Summer reading help?

Question

i have 3 books to read and take notes on this summer: Notes from the Underground, The Shipping News, and Lovely Bones. its not the reading thats a pain, but the notetaking. any tips on making notes less painful?

Answer 1

Here's what I would do. I'd use post it notes to mark pages with important passages that you may want to refer to later. And/or I'd use a pencil and underline or asterick passages that specifically stood out to you. Probably the best way to do the actual notetaking is to read a chapter or two, write some notes, take a break, whatever, and then go back to reading. The important thing is to take notes while the details are still fresh on your mind. But you never want them to be the central focus of your actual reading.

Answer 2

This might help... when taking notes, use post-it notes of a variety of colors and leave it on the page you've taken the notes. Get in the habit though of writing the page number on each post-it note, because when you finish the book you can pull all the post-it notes together and use them to write a summary. You're right... note-taking is a pain, so the key is to try to make it fun. Using different colors of pen may also make things more interesting.

Answer 3

If you have not already, you might learn the guide that got here earlier than Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close known as Everything Is Illuminated. I suggestion they have been each well, however Everything Is Illuminated is slightly funnier than the opposite. If you have already learn that one, those have been all well reads, fascinating, slightly ordinary, however I've regularly favored that during a guide. Maybe you can experience them too :) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas via Hunter S. Thompson The Curious Incident of a Dog within the Night-Time via Mark Haddon Perfume via Patrick Suskind Fight Club via Chuck Palahniuk American Gods via Neil Gaiman Shutter Island via Dennis Lehane Geek Love via Katharine Dunn

Answer 4

Depends on the kind of notes/infomation you need to take down. I would suggest highlighting (or marking pages with postits if you don't own the book) the following:
-Important events in the story
-Characters, decriptions of characters, and moments that define main characters
-Conflicts and conflict resolutions
-Any words you don't know the meaning of

That should help. If you need anything else...catch me on messenger :D

Answer 5

note down (a chart is a good idea):
1. characters and their relations (briefly)
2. places
3. key scenes
4. short summary
Try thinking you are a teacher who has to make up questions for kids about the novel. Wite as many questions as you can. Most of your ideas will be the same as your teacher's.