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Andrews Note cards:
(as my students
affectionately call them)
Notepages
- 8 ½ x 11" Paper -
Only write in Ink! Only write on One Side:
Never put any information on the back!
Only one quote per page, which makes your quotes portable.
[Center Top] [Upper Right
Top]
Info for Works Cited Page: Idea
of Quote
Author, Book, Publisher, Date, Don't put down
a
Internet Address, Page Number, etc. quote without
listing
(May be abbreviated after first "card") an idea. This will
be
used to sort your ideas.
Background: Who, What, When, Where
Write -Give all information
necessary for understanding the quote.
Second -Write background while the material is fresh in your mind
- not a month later.
-Work on the transition into the quote,
(often with a phrase that
begins with "When").
Quote: Vivid, Interesting, Only on One Narrow Idea
–
with "Bullability."
Write 1. Indent 1" on the left side only and start the quote
First
9 or more lines down to leave room for
background.
2. For your rough draft, make the quote a bit longer
than
necessary (though still on only one idea).
It can be cut later.
- This gives you more raw material to work
with
as you are writing your final paper.
Goal: Goal:
to have all of the
necessary
to save an extra step
information on the 8 ½ x
11 in the writing
process
"Andrews Note
card," by
turning your "Note card"
so that you won't have to
go
into a rough draft.
back to the book any
more When you start on your final
when you're
writing
paper, you can add analysis
your final
paper.
after the
quote
- right on your "Note card."
Rationale for "Andrews Note card"
Tiny note cards are a pain, and are rarely used in real life by students writing
papers. 8½ x 11" paper is cheap, readily available, has plenty of space for
information, is
flexible, can be stapled or clipped together in groups of blocks,
and does not require the superior manual dexterity and long fingernails
needed to manipulate conventional 3"x 5" note
cards.
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