- Spread your TOPIC I note cards so you can read each note. 
 - Choose your first note. 
 - Write a 1 in the circle. 
 - Arrange all your TOPIC I notes; then number them in the circles. 
 - Write the last note number on your Topic Outline, FORM 5 in the TOPIC I bubble. 
 - Turn your TOPIC I stack faced down. 
 - In your TOPIC II bubble write the next note number.
 - Arrange your TOPIC II notes. 
 - Continue numbering them. 
 - On your Topic Outline, FORM 5, in the bubbles for TOPICS II and III, write the last TOPIC II and the first TOPIC III numbers. 
 - Turn your TOPIC II note stack faced down and criss-cross it over your TOPIC I note stack.
 - Arrange your TOPIC III notes. 
 - Number them. 
 - Write the first and last numbers in the TOPIC III bubble on your Topic Outline, FORM 5. 
 - Turn this stack faced down and criss-cross it over your TOPIC II notes.
 - Repeat if you have notes for Topics IV, V, and VI.