VAM Project Session 2022 SUBMITTED BY:

VAM Project Session 2022 SUBMITTED BY :. 1. Designation Sr. Lecturer English.

2. Table of Contents Note Making Rules for making Notes of a given passage Format for making notes of a passage Title Summary Solved example on Making Notes of a given passage.

3. Note- Making Note-making is an advanced and important topic in writing skills of 10 marks prescribed in the syllabus of both 11 th and 12 th classes . The overall skill involves many other sub-skills, such as: Identifying the main point/points Underlying the associating/ supporting ideas which we called sub-points Deletion/cutting out unessential or non-specific details Contn ……..

Rules for Making Notes of a given passage. 4. Read through the given passage slowly and carefully to understand the main point/idea of the passage . 2 . Read again slowly to understand different sub-points . 3 . Try to find the main point and the related sub-points in each paragraph if the passage is divided into a few paragraphs . 4 . All unessential and irrelevant information/ details should be deleted . 5. All important points should be given in a proper order and in a logical sequence . 6. Complete sentences should not be used . 7. Recognizable abbreviations and contractions must be used wherever possible..

5. For example: Universal symbols- & for ‘ and ’ ∴ for ‘ therefore ’ i.e . for ‘ that is ’ e.g . for ‘ for example ’ Contractions- Univ . for ‘ university ’ Def. for ‘ definition ’ Inf . for ‘ information ’.

6. Other Contractions They ’ ll for ‘ They will ’ You ’ ve for ‘ You have ’ Gonna for ‘ going to ’ Kinda for ‘ kind of ’ Magz ’ n for ‘ magazine ’ Hon ’ ble for ‘ honourable ’.

. 7. Notes can be presented as under : First Main point ( i ) Sub-point (ii) Another sub-point 2. Second Main Point ( i ) Sub-point (ii) Another sub-point (iii) Another sub-point.

. 8. Title: The title to the passage should be short & should reflect the spirit/ central idea of the passage..

Dear students, here I’ve chosen an easily comprehensible passage for making notes, giving an appropriate title and writing a summary. Go between the lines slowly and carefully for making the job done..

10. .. Both the professions are also reaching the saturation point. It seems that there is something wrong with our planning. Govt has recently announced a new education policy. It is expected that this policy may come to the rescue of the youth. It is high time that the educated unemployed are given the financial aid to make their both ends meet. The results of unemployment are often dangerous. Most of the unemployed youth indulge in anti-social and anti-national activities. Their economic distress compels them to go to any excess..

11. .. Answer Notes on the passage 1 . Edu . Unemp . – a serious worry ( i ) Unemployed graduates and post-graduates incr. day by day (ii) Even Ph.d scholars and engineering graduates are looking pessimistic 2. Reason for the prob. ( i ) Wrong planning (ii) Wrong educational policy 3. New edu . Policy May come in handy.

12. 4. Effects of educated unemp . ( i ) Unemp . youth indulge in anti-social and anti-national activities (ii) Eco. distress leading them to go to any excess 5 . The prob. Of edu . emp. is a national blot 6. Edu . stands as the strongest sol . The need of the hour is to impr . the edu . System (7) Measures to check the problem ( i ) Provide career guidance (ii) Special job-oriented training.

13. Title : Educated unemployment : A Blot on Nation’s name.