1. Intro to Cornell Notes

2. Setting up Cornell Notes:
Topic (or) Essential Question:
_____________________________
Name: ______
Class: ______
Date: _______
Questions/ Main Ideas/ Key Terms
Notes: _____________________________
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Summary: (focus on answers to the Essential Question)
Create this chart using an entire page
Fill in the top right box
Fill in the Topic OR Essential Question
- Lecture/Presentation -
As you listen, write down important info., vocabulary, diagrams, etc. in the notes section
After the lecture, review your notes and fill in the remaining boxes – this is where you basically create your own study guide!

3. Setting up Cornell Notes:
Topic (or) Essential Question:
What strategies for marking will best help me understand an informative text?
Name: ______
Class: ______
Date: _______
Questions/ Main Ideas/ Key Terms
Notes: _____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Summary: (focus on answers to the Essential Question)
Create this chart using an entire page
Fill in the top right box
Fill in the Topic OR Essential Question
- Lecture/Presentation -
As you listen, write down important info., vocabulary, diagrams, etc. in the notes section
After the lecture, review your notes and fill in the remaining boxes – this is where you basically create your own study guide!

4. Marking an Informational Text

5. Why should I mark a text when I read?
What is “marking the text”?
Numbering, writing, and drawing on a printed piece of writing in an organized way
Why should I mark a text when I read?
To pick out the most important information
To help summarize
To connect sections of the text
To break down the text into smaller pieces

6. Step One Number the paragraphs
Do this before you read
Write the number small enough so you have room to write in the margin
Check your numbers

7. Step One Number the paragraphs

8. Step Two Read the text Pencils down!
You will re-read the text as you go through all the other steps

9. Step Three Circle important words
Circle key terms and other essential words or numbers
To identify key terms, think about if the word or phrase is
Repeated
Defined by the author
Used to explain or represent an idea
Used in an original or unique way

10. Step Three Circle important words

11. Cornell Note Video

12. Step Four Underline important information
Underline statements that show the author’s main points or big ideas
Some main points may be directly stated, and some may be implied
An author may make several main points throughout the text
If you find information (data, facts, etc.) that seems to be support or evidence, you should be able to find a main point nearby

13. Step Four Underline important information

14. Step Five Write in the margins
Three quick strategies:
Summarize
look at sections and briefly state what they are about
Question
write questions that might help lead you to understand what the author is saying or doing
Connect
write about how sections relate to you, to other parts of the text, and to the world

15. Step Five Write in the margins

16. Step Six Review your markings
Check your circled and underlined parts
Edit or revise your margin writings
Make SPECIAL marks (like an asterisk) if you want to add importance