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Shrikanwartara Public Higher Secondary School, Mandleshwar, English Worksheet Class XI, NOTE MAKING, Characteristics of Notes, 1. Short, no full sentences, only points, 2. only the important mformabon included, 3. logically presented in sequence, 4. Organized aopropnaxery under Heading and Sub Heading., Mechanics of Note-Making, 1. Use of Abbreviations :, (a) Capitalized first letter of words: UNO. CBSE, NCERT etc., (b) Arithmetic symbols: (><, --------------, kg, % etc.), (c) Commonly used : (in newspapers, magazines etc.) : govt. etc., e.g.,, (d) Invented : First and last few letters of the world with a dot at the end (edun., poln., popn, Mfg.), 2. Proper indentation, Heading Title, (1) Main point.............., 1.1 Sub Point, 1.2 Sub Point, 1.3 Sub Point, 1.3.1 Sub Sub Point, 1.3.2 Sub Sub Point, 3. Make use of words and phrases only. Avoid full length sentences., 4. Give Appropriate Title : The title may be given at the beginning. The notes are of 3 marks and should not be more than 1/3 of the passage’s length., Marking Scheme / Pattern for Note Making and Summarising., (a) Note-Title 1 Marks, (b) Abbreviation/Contraction 1 Marks (Minimum four), (c) Sub-Headings (Four as per 3 Marks the requirement) along with 2-3 points, (d) Summary, Content 2 Marks, Expression 1 Marks, (Standard word limit for summary is 80 words), Note :, Provide key for abbreviations used in your notes, Key to abbreviations, Problm = problem, Trpnt = transparent, Rqd = required, Dprsd = depressed, Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:(1 × 8 = 8 Marks), 1. How does television affect our lives? It can be very helpful to people who carefully choose the shows that they watch Television can increase our knowledge of the outside world; there are high quality programmes that help us understand many fields of study, scienace, medicine, the arts and so on. Moreover, television benefits very old people who can’t often leave the house, as well as patients in hospital. It also offers non-native speakers the advantage of daily informal language practice. They can increase their vocabulary and practice listening., 2. On the other hand, there are several serious disadvantages to television. Of course, it provides us with a pleasant way to relax and spend our free time, but in some countries, people watch the ‘boob-tube’ for an average of six hours or more a day. Many children stare at a television screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and sleeping. It’s clear that the tube has a powerful influence on their lives and that its influence is often negative., 3. Recent studies show that after only thirty seconds of watching television, a person’s brain ‘relaxes’ the same way that it does just before the person falls asleep. Another effect of television on the human brain is that it seems to cause poor concentration. Children who view a lot of television can often concentrate on a subject for only fifteen to twenty minutes. They can pay attention only for the amount of time between commercials., 4. Another disadvantage is that television often causes people to become dissatisfied with their own lives. Real life does not seem as exciting to these people as the lives of actors on the screen To many people television becomes more real than reality and their own lives ... boring. Also many people get upset or depressed when they can’t solve problems in real life as quickly as television actors seem to., 5. Before a child is fourteen years old, he or she views eleven thousand murders on the tube. He or she begins to believe that there is nothing strange about fights, killings and other kinds of violence. Many studies show that people become more violent after certain. Programmes they may even do the things that they saw in a violent show., 1. Make notes on the above passage using proper abbreviations (04) and suggest a suitable title. (3 + 1 + 1 = 05 Marks), 2. Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words (03 Marks)