1. effective note-taking and annotating skills
D. Patrick English II

2. Let’s set up your paper!
Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills

3. Why Take Notes?
Do you ever assume you don’t need to write anything down because you “heard it”?
Within 2 weeks you will forget 80% of what you heard.
Within 4 weeks you will remember only 5 % of what you heard.
Beginning course details and/or books/materials needed for a class/project.

4. Headings on Left / Notes on Right
Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Why Take Notes
2 wks lose 80% of what we heard
4 wks remember only 5%

5. Why Take Notes?
Instructors share information not available in textbooks and then make connections.
Notes serve as a “file” of information.
Taking notes helps you become an “active listener” and a “critical thinker”.
“Passive” listening is what you do when you watch a sitcom on television or have a casual conversation with someone. “Active” listening is when you listen carefully to make sure you understand and learn the information that is being conveyed.

6. Headings on Left / Notes on Right
Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Why Take Notes
2 wks lose 80% of what we heard
4 wks remember only 5%
Some info not in txtbks
Connections to txtbks
Notes = file of info
Notes = Active listener/critical thinker

7. Note-taking Systems
Cornell Method
Outline
Mapping
Charting
Sentences or Paragraphs

8. Headings on Left / Notes on Right
Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Why Take Notes
Note-taking Systms
2 wks lose 80% of what we heard
4 wks remember only 5%
Some info not in txtbks
Connections to txtbks
Notes = file of info
Notes = Active listener/critical thinker
Cornell Method, Outline, Mapping, Charting, Sent. Or Paragrphs.

9. Cornell Method (continued)
When to use:
In ANY lecture situation
Advantages:
Provides an organized and systematic means for recording and reviewing notes
Easy format for pulling out major concepts and ideas
Simple and efficient
Saves time and effort
A “Do-it-right-in-the-first-place” method
Disadvantages:
None

10. Headings on Left / Notes on Right
Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Why Take Notes
Note-taking Systms
Cornell Method
When
Advantages
Disadvan.
2 wks lose 80% of what we heard
4 wks remember only 5%
Some info not in txtbks
Connections to txtbks
Notes = file of info
Notes = Active listener/critical thinker
Cornell Method, Outline, Mapping, Charting, Sent. Or Paragrphs.
Any Lecture
Organized, Systematic
Easy for major concpts
Simple, efficient, saves time & effort
Do-it-right-1st-time method
none

11. You have the method … so here are some Basic Tips:
Concentrate on lecture or reading
Take notes selectively … do NOT try to write every word
Average lecturer speaks approx word per minute/average note-taker writes at approx. 25 words per minute
Use your own words
Be brief … focus on major points and important information
Write legibly
Don’t worry about grammar or spelling

12. Let’s set up your paper! Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Basic Tips
Concentrate
Don’t write every word
Use own words
Be brief
Write legibly
Don’t worry abt spelling/grammar

13. More Tips Develop a personal shorthand…create a code w/o without
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14. Let’s set up your paper! Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Basic Tips
My shorthand
Concentrate
Don’t write every word
Use own words
Be brief
Write legibly
Don’t worry abt spelling/grammar
w/o without
b/c because
w/ with
+ and
govt government
b/f before
imp important
cont continue
rt right

15. Annotations (Thinking Notes)
hingchannel.org/v ideos/student- annotated- reading-strategy

16. Annotation is a note of any form made while reading text.
“Reading with a pencil.”

17. Let’s set up your paper! Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Annotation
Notes while reading

18. Annotation is not just highlighting.

19. Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding.

20. Let’s set up your paper! Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Annotation
Notes while reading
Not just highlighting
Slows reading to deepen understanding

21. Annotations (Thinking Notes)
Underline the major points.
Circle keywords or phrases that are confusing or unknown to you.
Use a question mark (?) for questions that you have during the reading. Be sure to write your question.
Use an exclamation mark (!) for things that surprise you, and briefly note what it was that caught your attention.
Draw an arrow (↵) when you make a connection to something inside the text, or to an idea or experience outside the text. Briefly note your connections.
Mark EX when the author provides an example.
Numerate arguments, important ideas, or key details and write words or phrases that restate them.

22. Thinking Notes Key Main Idea = Key points/phrases =
Questions you may have = ?
Surprises = !
Connections =
Examples = EX
Arguments, key details, important ideas = 1,2,3

23. Let’s set up your paper! Effective Note-taking and Annotating Skills
Annotation
Thinking Notes ? ! EX #
Notes while reading
Not just highlighting
Slows reading to deepen understanding
Underline Main Idea
Circle Key points/phrases
Questions you may have (write ?)
! = Surprises (write surprise)
Connections (write connection)
Examples
Arguments, key details, important ideas

24. Modeling in 9th Grade English

25. Your turn!
Read the poem, making annotations, using your thinking notes key.
Be prepared to share your questions, insights, and thoughts with the class.
Provide poem for the class.