Taking Notes on a Text – Worksheet
Directions: Read the paragraph below. After you have read it, follow the directions in each question for taking notes. Use the back of this page if you run out of space.
Nationally, the confidence of the drunk driver remains almost unshaken. Amazingly, four out of every ten drivers admit to driving while under the influence of alcohol, while 10 percent of all drivers on weekend nights can be legally defined as intoxicated. There are good reasons for this, one of which is brought out by a recent report from the National Transportation Safety Board. It found that only one in 2,000 who drive while intoxicated will be pulled over. And even with the most thorough police control and rigorous administration, it doesn’t rise to more than one in 200. Yet, all too often, those who do escape arrest do not live to get home. Every year, about 25,000 do not including 4,000 teens.
1. Write a summary for the paragraph. Remember that you will be reducing the paragraph to one or two sentences and focusing on the main idea.
2. Paraphrase the last sentence.
3. Write a sentence in which you directly quote words taken from the paragraph.