1. How to Improve Your Study Habits
Notetaking
SU Writing Center workshop
How to Improve Your Study Habits

2. Overview
Notes are mini-interpretations on another’s point of view

3. To Retain Information: Do 2 Things!
Free notetaking: write notes on the margin of texts (and highlight) or on a blank sheet of paper
Re-write notes: re-write notes in an ordered fashion to increase retention

4. Cornell Notes

5. Let’s Talk about Fables!
Fable is a literary genre which usually features anthropomorphic flora and fauna to teach a moral lesson

6. Aesop
Born a slave, ca. 620 BC, Aesop was granted freedom for his wisdom and oratory. Later in life business partners betrayed Aesop and hurled him off a high cliff.

7. “The Bird and the Monkey”
Ancient Indian Fables
Panchatantra
“The Bird and the Monkey”

8. Aesop’s Fables
With a sheet of paper, make three sections for detailed cornell notes.
Key points on your left hand side should include terms, such as “Aesop,” “Panchatantra,” “fable,” “fiction”
Attempt to define these terms on the right hand side under Details
Finally, summarize what you believe these fables are trying to convey
We will then share our thoughts on Aesop and his stories

9. Digital tools that can help!
Quizlet.com Evernote.com