Cornell Notes Parts adapted from www.clcillinois.edu/depts/vpe/gened/ppt/Cornell_NoteTaking.ppt‎

Outcomes Participants will Develop an understanding of the Cornell Note- taking method Understand scaffolding and extension techniques related to Cornell Notes

Why Cornell Notes? Cornell Notes is one tool, it is not the only tool Some teacher may assume students know how to take notes By teaching students one method of note taking, they have a foundation Students see commonality among disciplines

Cornell Notes Help students remember what is said in class Help students prepare for tests outside the class Builds independence

Cornell Notes Writing is a great tool for learning! Help students to organize and process data and information Visually “makes sense” to students Can support Summarizing Writing is a great tool for learning!

What it looks like… Topic Heading Main ideas/ questions Notes Summary of notes- 3-4 sentences at bottom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iolZMTGUpw

Economics

Math

ART

Health

Anthropods Biology

Physics

English Non-Fiction- note taking on facts, main ideas in background information, rhetoric in a speech Fiction- Character analysis, sensory details, quote analysis, scaffolding towards a text-dependent question

Comparing Texts Essential Question: What can passenger lists tell us about who settled in the New World and where they settled?

Rewriting notes in Cornell Format Students may take guided notes, fill in an outline, or other note taking format that you might already use Students re-copy their notes in the Cornell Format for homework or as an extension creating their own questions or main ideas Automatic review/ Studentt Created Study Guide Kinesthetic learning Can edit, look-up words Prompts higher-level question- Students can come up with questions to use as review in class the next day

Scaffolding Cornell Notes Model how to use Cornell Notes Provide templates Provide all main ideas and questions for students Provide 2 or 3 main ideas or questions and ask students to come up with 2 or 4 on their own

After Your Notes are Complete Synthesize and make connections between note sheets Highlight, circle and underline most important information or details Cross out unimportant information Use notes for further studying

Revision Checklist

Remember There are many ways to use Cornell Notes Cornell Notes can be used for both non-fiction and fiction Teachers should model note taking Scaffold students toward independence