1. Mr. Whitehurst English 8/8H
Cornell Note-Taking
Mr. Whitehurst English 8/8H

2. Why Take Notes?
Good notes allow students to help each other problem solve.
Good notes help students organize and process data and information.
Helps student recall by getting them to process their notes 3 times.
Writing is a great tool for learning!
Notes help students get CONCEPTS!

3. Why Take Notes?
Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills.
Note taking helps students remember what is said in class.
A good set of notes can help students work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.
To minimize your “rate of forgetting”

4. Why Take Notes? Don’t take notes = Forget 60 % in 14 days
Take some notes = Remember 60 %
Take organized notes and do something with them=
Remember % indefinitely
Important: Note taking is NOT copying…it’s synthesizing concepts.

5. Cornell Notetaking What are some good tips for taking or
recording your notes?
Actively listen
Use SLANT
Sit Up
Lean Forward
Ask Questions
Nod head at appropriate times
Talk to teacher- ask relevant questions and answer questions posed by teacher
Maintain eye contact with the speaker, group, or presentation source
Frown when you do not understand
Make a written record

6. Cornell Notetaking What are some good tips for recording notes on the
right?
Write only what is most important:
listen for repetition, change in pace or volume, numbering, explicit clues (“this is important,” or “on the test”);
watch for gestures, or clues to organization;
look for material being written down by instructor or shared in a visual manner

7. Cornell Notetaking What are some good tips for recording the
notes on the
right?
Write in your own words (paraphrase)
Write using abbreviations (check a dictionary for these and create your own)
Draw a figure or diagram
Leave space where you think you might need to “fill in” info later
Use bullets, arrows, and indenting to list key ideas
Write legibly

8. Name
Date
Subject, Period
Cornell Notes
Write your name, date, subject, and period in the upper right hand corner (see above).
Write the topic of the notes (ex. WWII, Cells, Nouns, etc.) on the top line (see above).

9. Cornell Notes Page setup
Name
Teacher Name
Subject, Period
Date
Cornell Notes
Page setup
Draw a horizontal line about five lines up from the bottom.
Draw a vertical line down the page about one third of distance from the left.

10. Cornell Notes Key words & ideas Main Idea
Name
Date
Class, Period
Cornell Notes
Key words & ideas
Important dates/people/places
Repeated/Stressed Info
Ideas/brainstorming written on board / overhead projector
Info from textbook/stories
Diagrams & Pictures
Formulas
Main Idea
Key Question (after notes are completed)

11. SAMPLE For English What is a noun? What are the two types of nouns?
Name
Date
Subject, Period
SAMPLE For English
What is a noun?
What are the two types of nouns?
What is a compound noun?
Noun - person, place, thing, idea
Types - concrete & abstract
concrete - taste, touch, smell, see
abstract - ideas (emotions)
compound - two or more words combined to create one thing; ex: fireman, bedroom

12. Cornell Notes Helpful Hints for Straight A Notes Abbrev. , Paraphrase.
Name
Subject, Period
Date
Cornell Notes
Helpful Hints for Straight A Notes
Abbrev. , Paraphrase.
Use symbols (arrows, circles, underlining) or highlighting to emphasize important ideas and relationships.
Skip lines between ideas.
Within 24 hours, review notes and develop study questions on the left side.
Be aware of teacher clues.*

13. Teacher Clues How do I know if what the teacher says is important?
Name
Date
Subject, Period
Teacher Clues
How do I know if what the teacher says is important?
Repetition or stressed inflection
Voice gets louder/softer or faster/slower
Writing on the board or overhead
“This will be on the test.”
Gestures (hand/arm movements)
“This is important.”

14. So, what about the bottom of my paper?
Name
Teacher
Subject, Period
So, what about the bottom of my paper?
What belongs in the bottom space?
Summary - review notes as soon as possible after class and write a summary in your own words about the main ideas. Are there any gaps in your understanding? (see next point)
Questions for the teacher.
Doodles - down here they won’t get in the way of the important stuff.
Summary, questions, doodles

15. Why Cornell Notes?
Developed in 1949 by Dr. Walter Pauk from the Cornell University Reading Center.
He created the Cornell Notetaking System in response to frustration over student test scores.
It was meant to be easily used as a test study guide.
Adopted as the preferred note taking method at Stanford, UCLA’s School of Engineering, most law schools, and of course, Cornell University
The Cornell System requires the student to review notes and think critically after learning has taken place
Labeling
Questions
Notes
Reflection

18. Abbreviation Exercise Abbreviate the following lines so they still make sense
Hippocrates, a Greek who is considered to be the Father of Medicine, was born on the island of Cos in 460 B.C.
George Washington was not, in a sense, America’s first president.
Mark Twain fell in love with Olivia Langdon. They married in 1870 and moved to Hartford, Connecticut.

19. Abbreviation Exercise Answers
Name
Teacher
Subject, Period
Date
Abbreviation Exercise Answers
Hippocrates (Gr.) Father of Med b.Cos 460B.C
G. Wash. Not Am’s 1st Pres.?
Twain - Olivia Langdon m to Hart Conn