informational
writing center
QuIP Note-Taking
Description:
Using QuIP Note-Taking Grids
(Questions Into Paragraphs; McLaughlin, 1987), students
create questions to explore and then read two sources
to gather information to answer their questions. They
then turn their answers into a summary paragraph.
Materials
Informational texts
Student directions (page 157)
QuIP Note-Taking Grids (pages 158–159)
Procedures for Teaching
1. Choose a research topic and two texts. Display the
two-question QuIP Note-Taking Grid (page 158) and
explain how it works. Point out that this organizer lets
students take notes from two different sources.
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1. Write your
research topic
at the top of
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a QuIP
Grid
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ed to your resea
the questions
rch topic. Reco
in the spaces
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prov ided.
2. Choose a
text to resea
rch your topic
of your first
. Write the title
text in the spac
e labeled “Sou
3. Read alou
rce 1.”
d a section of
the text. Iden
information
tify any
that answers
your questions
record it in the
and
appropriate
box.
4. Continue
reading
to answer your and taking note s
questions.
5. When you
are ready, choo
se
a second text
to research your
topic. Record
the title of your
source, then
repeat steps
3
and 4.
2. Model using this graphic organizer by first generating
two questions related to your research topic. Record
the questions on the grid in the spaces provided.
Write the title of each text in the spaces provided
(“Source 1” and “Source 2”).
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Name
Topic:
Pencil or pen
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Topic:
Answers
Questions
Nonfiction texts
for researchin
g
your topic
QuIP NoteTaking Grid
(choose one)
Date
QuIP Note-Taking Grid (1)
6. When the
grid is complete
,
use the infor
mation to writ
ea
summary para
graph to answ
er
each question.
What
You NE ED
Source 2:
Source 1:
Name
Note -Takin
g Grid
Questions
1
Source
1:
Date
(2)
Answer
s
Source
1
2:
2
2
3
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Hint!
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Remember
that a summary
focuses on
important infor
the most
mation. For
each paragrap
start with the
h you write,
main idea. Then
, write the mos
facts and deta
t important
ils. Use good
transitions betw
een sentence
s.
3. Read aloud a section of one text and record any
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information that answers the questions in the
appropriate boxes (under “Source” for that text).
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Date
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(1)
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QuIP Note
Answers
Topic:
4. Read another section and guide students to
Questions
1
Source 2:
Source 1:
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Date
QuIP Note
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Topic:
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Answers
Questions
1
2
Source 1:
Source 2:
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identify information that answers a question.
Again, record the information in the appropriate
box. Continue the process, gradually reducing
the amount of guiding.
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5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the second text, recording answers in the spaces
provided, and guiding students as needed.
6. When the grid is complete, model for students how to use the information
to write a summary paragraph that answers one of the questions, then guide
students to help with the other.
7. For independent practice at the center, provide students with QuIP
Note-Taking Grids for taking notes from multiple sources. (Review use of
the three-question grid, page 159.) Have students use their notes to write
research summaries/paragraphs.
Suggestions for Differentiated Learning
Provide More Support
Work with students to generate
key questions or provide
questions for the students to
investigate.
To focus the note taking, have
students answer only one
question on the grid for two
sources.
To reduce the amount of note
taking, fold the grid between the
two sources to allow note taking
for only one source and two
questions.
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Provide More Challenge
Encourage students to use
a variety of sources, such
as encyclopedias and other
informational texts, magazine
articles, and Internet sites.
Have students create their own
QuIP grids for three or more
sources.
Have students generate three or
more questions to investigate.
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QuIP Note-Taking
What to Do
What
You NEED
1. Write your topic at the top of a QuIP Note-Taking
Grid. Think of two (or three) questions related to
your research topic. Record the questions in the
spaces provided.
Informational
texts
2. Choose a text to research your topic. Write the title
of your first text in the space labeled “Source 1.”
QuIP NoteTaking Grid
(choose one)
3. Read aloud a section of the text. Identify any
information that answers your questions and
record it in the appropriate box.
Pencil or pen
4.Continue reading and taking notes
to answer your questions.
Date
IONA L
INFO RMAT
ER
WRIT ING CENT
(1)
-Taking Grid
QuIP Note
158
5. When you are ready, choose a second
text to research your topic. Record the
title of your source, then repeat steps
3 and 4.
Name
Answers
Topic:
Questions
1
Source 2:
Source 1:
Name
Date
QuIP Note
-Ta
Topic:
king Grid (2)
Answers
Questions
1
2
Source 1:
Source 2:
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6. When the grid is complete, use the
information to write a summary
paragraph to answer each question.
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s
2
3
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Hint!
Remember that a summary focuses on the most
important information. For each paragraph you write,
start with the main idea. Then, write the most important
facts and details. Use good transitions between sentences.
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Hint!
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1
Topic:
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Date
Source 1:
(1)
Source 2:
Answers
QuIP Note-Taking Grid
Name
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2
1
Topic:
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Source 1:
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Source 2:
Answers
QuIP Note-Taking Grid
Name