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READING SKILLTaking Notes on a Reading (1)Note-taking can help you stay focused while reading and will allow you to better understand and analyze a text. Here are some tips:1.Summarize in your own words. Doing so will help you engage more with the passage. If you want to quote directly from the text, use quotation marks (%u201c %u201d).2.Use headings, bullet points, and numbering systems to organize information and present it clearly.3.Keep your notes short. Write down only the key words and ideas. Consider using abbreviations to save time. For example: %u2022Use standard abbreviationsw/ = with b/c = because e.g. = for example%u2022Use initialsUSA = United States EU = European Union%u2022Write 1%u20132 syllablesesp = especially approx = approximately%u2022Write only consonantshr = hour wk = week yr = yearCRITICAL THINKINGInferring InformationWho do you think gained more from the Polos%u2019 visit to China%u2014Marco Polo or Kublai Khan? Why? Note your ideas below. Then discuss with a partner. TAKING NOTESA.Complete the notes below using a word or number from the reading passage.MP%u2019s journey to China%u2022Started in Venice when MP was a %u2022Approx 2%u2022Stayed in Shangdu for 3%u2022Helped 4%u2022KK %u201cconsidered it an honor%u201d b/c MP%u2019s observations%u2022KK had amazing palace%u2022Impressed by capital, Daidu (now center of 6)%u2022KK had fast 7 system w/ horse riders%u2022Learned about: 1. asbestos cloth, 2. 8 money, 3. coalWhy important?%u2022Used notes to complete a 9%u2022Considered %u201csingle greatest contribution to geographical knowledge%u201d about East to the120Unit 8A