Cornell Notes are used:  to help take organized notes  to help identify keywords & concepts from a lecture or reading  to help scan notes to locate important info.

 ÷ paper into 2 sections by drawing vertical line from top to bottom a few inches from left margin. Set Up

Label Paper  Write your name, course, & date at the top of each page  Write a general title for the lecture  Examples:  Chapter 3 Lit.  Am. Revolution  Parts of a cell…

Write Notes  Write all main ideas/concepts on right side of page  Be sure to skip 1 line btwn. ideas & several lines btwn. topics  Mark ideas that go together with an asterisk *

Key Points  from right column of your notes  Pull out main ideas, topics, terms, places, dates…from right column of your notes  Write these key points in left column, matching it with notes  Example:

Review and clarify  Review notes soon after lecture  Make sure notes are clear & info. makes sense  You still have time to clarify w/ book or teacher

Summarize  At bottom of page write a summary  Mention all key points

Study  Use both columns of your notes to study for tests  Fold the paper lengthwise & quiz your friend or yourself by covering answers