2. RESEARCH STEPS
Formulating the questions
Observing and planning
Collecting data
Recording data
Organizing data
Interpreting data
Presenting research findings
3. NOTE TAKING
Prepare your questions
select appropriate resources at least 3 different
books or websites
Read and highlight the most important information
based on your questions
Record by using keywords
4. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO BEFORE MAKING
NOTE?
Proof reading
Why is it important?
What strategies you will use?
Have a look
5. LET’S CHECK TOGETHER !
What is the most important information you can
find out from this paragraph?
See paragraph below:
Marco Polo was a Venetian (Italian) explorer who
travelled through Central Asia and China. Marco
Polo was born in 1254 and he died in 1324. He
was an Italian explorer from Venice. His mother
died after giving him birth. His aunt and uncle
raised him. His father and uncle were both
merchants. He was seventeen on his first
journey to China in 1271.
What is the paragraph about?
6. LET’S CHECK TOGETHER !
What is the most important information you can find out
from this paragraph?
See paragraph below:
Polo's book includes fantastic accounts of men with tails
and cannibals seem to be around every corner. The
book is somewhat geography of Asian provinces. It is
divided into chapters covering specific regions and Polo
delves into the politics, agriculture, military
power, economy, , burial system, and religions of each
area. Polo brought the ideas of paper currency and coal
to Europe. He also included second-hand reports of
areas that he had not visited, such as Japan and
Madagascar.
http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.h
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7. LET’S CHECK TOGETHER !
What is the most important information you can find out from this
paragraph?
See paragraph below:
Marco Polo travelled to China with his father and uncle over the
Silk Road which was an overland route to China. He worked for
Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor, for seventeen years. He sailed
home instead of going overland. He brought back ivory, jade, jewels,
porcelain and silk. He told about the Chinese use of coal, money and
compasses. He met Rustichello, a famous writer, who wrote about
Marco Polo's travels in a book called THE BOOK OF TRAVELS. Marco
Polo became famous for his travels through Central Asia and China.
His book gave Europeans some of their earliest information about
China. www.yesnet.yk.ca/scho
What is the paragraph about?
8. LET’S CHECK TOGETHER !
What should you do, if your info is not complete?
Yes, you need to find another info and interpret the
data
What should you do if you have finished completing
the data (note taking)?
You may start to making note in a form of simple
paragraph
9. LET’S DO IT!
Write the paragraphs into these categories :
Early life
Reasons
Voyages
Tools
Accomplishments or contributions
Impacts
Routes or journeys (you can draw the map to show his
journeys, how ever you need to add when he traveled
and went back to his country)
Your opinion
Basically, see the data in your UOI book (note taking)
10. LET’S DO IT!
You might write the paragraph with your partner
Both of you write the draft in a piece of paper. Do it
together !
Peer edit if you have finished writing the draft
Publish and decorate in a piece of hard cover or
type it !
Don’t forget drawing Marco Polo picture and his
journey
It will take 30 minutes to write the draft. The good
copy must be done at home!
11. LET’S WRITE IT!
Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who discovered Silk Road, which is …
Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who traveled from Venice to China by lands. He…
Marco Polo traveled to China because……
The reason of his exploration is to….
Marco Polo started to travel in……..They passed….During their journey they faced…..
He brought …….in the middle of his journey he changed ..Then he used…..
After arrived to China, he met ……Then he was asked by….to
(draw map and mention the places that he discovered)
Impacts
Because of his exploration, Marco Polo …
When he went back to Italy, European people did not believe …..
