1. Journal #2 August 25th 2015
Describe something you did this past summer. (It can be more than one thing)
Half page or more in notebook

2. Note taking skills

6. What qualities do good notes have?

7. Step 1: Pick a style for note taking
Outline style
Cornell Notes

8. Step 2: Tips for note taking
Write down only important information
No plagiarism!
Pick key words
Don’t worry about capitalization or punctuation
Abbreviate familiar words/use symbols (+, à, #)
Skip lines
Use colored pens

10. Step 3: Cornell notes- Question Side
Categories
Ex: parts of a cell
Questions
Ex: What are the parts of a cell?
Vocabulary words
Ex: Mitosis
Review/Test Alerts!
Ex: Study parts of the cell!
Connections
Ex: Similar to concept from last unit
Reminders
Ex: Remember to look up meiosis

11. Step 4: Summary
Summary Area: write a summary of what you read, summary of what you learned, the 5most important points of the article/chapter/lecture, and/or questions you still need to answer.

12. Step 5: Review Notes Review notes right after you take them
Review them at night
Review before a test
Rewrite/type notes
Highlight important information in your notes

13. Summarize the notes we just took
-Review notes
-Highlight/underline important information
Summarize the notes we just took
write a summary of what you read, summary of what you learned, the 5most important points of the article/chapter/lecture, and/or questions you still need to answer.

14. Page 2 in book With same partner from yesterday
Outline page 2 for book- Note taking skills
5 steps
Go back and add explanations for Success/organization
Save in folder