Having trouble remembering a book you just read?
Taking notes while reading a book is an old concept, but a good one. The problem is that you have to somehow find your book a pen and a notebook. Never fear 3 x 5 Power is here!
1. Find a 3 x 5 card.
Actually find several. If you don’t have some you can make them out of cardstock or paper. Three-by-five is a convenient size that fits inside most books.
2. Find a book.
3. Use the 3 x 5 card as a bookmark.
4. Take notes.
Find the key points to the book and put them down on paper. Anything else you think is good? Write it down.
Closing tips:
You should use a lot of three-by-five cards (unless your book is very short), but don’t re-write the book. Later you can condense your cards down to just a few by eliminating information you think is unimportant.
Taking notes is particularly beneficial when reading through a library book. Later if you want to remember the content of the book just look through your notes!
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Brilliant simplicity. I use this all the time for book reports and find it very effective.
ReplyDeleteBTW - don't underestimate the value of underlining/highlighting (in books owned by you, of course =). It's faster than note taking when you need to speed read for comprehension.
Nat