Writing Book 5 · Lesson 4

The whole page from a reading

Notes, margin questions and summary produced together from a text.

What it is

Everything together on one page: margin topics, main ideas with details indented, and the summary sentence at the foot. Set out this way, your notes can be read back weeks later and written from without opening the book.

Watch it built

1
Set the page up and keep the margin clear for topics.
heading · margin
2
Main ideas on the left, details indented, one topic word per margin line.
roots │ Roots grow toward water
            Bean root appears 2 days first
3
One summary sentence at the foot.
A plant builds its water supply before it builds its leaves.
Remember
Margin topics · indented details · one summary at the foot.
Ask yourself: “Have I got all three parts?”

Remember

A whole page, from a reading, in one go.

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