- Pick up your whole stack of notes. 
 - Read the first note and add the question, A DEFINITION? 
 - For most notes you will not need a DEFINITION, but when you do need a DEFINITION, mark an X on your card, next to the A DEFINITION question. 
 - Put cards with an X in a stack by themselves. 
 - When you have read each card, pick up your whole stack of cards marked with an X. 
 - Again read and question each note. 
 - Choose 2-4 DEFINITIONS to include for your readers. 
 - On your chosen cards circle the word DEFINITION? 
 - On the back side write your word and its DEFINITION. 
 - Later, when you write your report, the circled WORD and DEFINITION will remind you to turn your card over and to write your DEFINITION into your report.