SAMPLE: taking notes (Son of Italy)

Here is a GOOD example of note-taking and 'self-reflective' comment.

Please adopt this structure. 

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Son of Italy Notes (Chapters: 1-5)

• Poverty (pg. 7)
• One bed in which he, mother, father. Brother slept; No real sense of time in the evenings (pg. 8)
• Goats and sheep slept in the house in the evening (pg. 9)
• Violence (pg. 10)
• Isolation (pg. 11)
• Symbolism? –Dream sequence-he reaches the top of the mountain and starts falling (pgs.13-14)
• Half hour walk to town (pg. 17)
• Dangerous venture to town (pg.18)
• Since he is the oldest son, he works, school attendance irregular (pg. 22)
• Stopped going to school at age 12; everyone must help (pg. 24)
• Givers themselves are very poor, though rich in kindness (pg. 27)
• Witchcraft (pg. 34)
• “Witch” driven from the town (pg. 39)
• Boy gives “witch” his lunch and she is very grateful
• Father wants to go to America (pg. 47)
• American is the land of riches (pg.50)
• He decides he wants to go with his father and his mother knew her son would not return (pg. 52)
• Physical examination (pg. 56)
• Examined at Ellis Island (pg. 58)

 

Comments:

After reading my notes over, one aspect that stands out the most is the poverty this family and the people in this small town must go through.  They go through much hardship but they always make the most of what they have.