NOTETAKING INVENTORY

Directions: Complete this worksheet to help you to summarize and evaluate your note taking thus far.

1. I am required to use at least ________ different types of resources (ex. encyclopedia, Internet, Electric Library, books, etc) for this project. I have used the following types of resources thus far:

I plan to use the following additional types of resources by __________________________ (date):

 

2. I am required to conduct an interview related to this project. (Circle one.) YES NO

If YES, I have made arrangements to conduct this interview with ___________________________(person or "expert" website) on the following date: ____________________________.

3. I am required to use at least ________ total resources for this project. I have used _________ total resources in my research thus far.
I plan to use the following additional resources:

 

4. I am required to have at least ____________ different notes.

I have counted the total number of different facts or details in my notes. I have a total of _________ notes thus far.

5. I have broken down my topic or essential question into ______________ subtopics or questions. I have at least five different notes under __________ (how many) of my subtopics or questions.

The following subtopics or questions have less than five notes:

 

6. I can tell from which source each of my notes have been taken. (Circle one) YES NO

If NO, I will go back and fix this problem by the following date: ___________________________

7. I presently have enough information to answer all of my questions in detail and create my product. (Circle one.)YES NO

If NO, I plan to finish my notetaking by_____________________________.

 

8. My plans for today (or tomorrow, if completing this for homework) are:

 

Parent Signature: __________________________________________