Glenelg High School November 1, 2013Melissa Jacobsen Secondary Literacy Coach

Parts adapted from www.clcillinois.edu/depts/vpe/gened/ppt/Cornell_NoteTaking.ppt

Outcomes

Participants willParticipants will

• Develop an understanding of the Cornell Note- Develop an understanding of the Cornell Note- taking method taking method

• Understand scaffolding and extension techniques Understand scaffolding and extension techniques related to Cornell Notesrelated to Cornell Notes

• Cornell Notes is one tool, it is not the only tool

• Some teacher may assume students know how to take notes

• By teaching students one method of note taking, they have a foundation

• Students see commonality among disciplines

Why Cornell Notes?

Cornell Notes

• Help students Help students remember what is said remember what is said in classin class

• Help students Help students prepare for tests prepare for tests outside outside the class the class

• Builds Builds independence independence

• Writing is a great tool for learning!

Cornell Notes

• Help students to Help students to organizeorganize and process and process data and information data and information

• Visually “makes sense” to students Visually “makes sense” to students

• Can support Can support Summarizing SLOs Summarizing SLOs

What is looks like…HeadingTopic

Main ideas/ questions Notes

Summary of notes- 3-4 sentences at bottom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iolZMTGUpw

Main Idea/Question Record Column

Propaganda Techniques in Advertising Define "Propaganda"

Intro Propaganda used by politicians, writers. Also by advertisers. Def: Messages intended to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion.

List 4 common tech. used by advertisers

Advertisers use propaganda. 4 techniques common.

1. Testimonial Def: Celebrities used to pitch idea, sell product; Audience associate star qualities of celebrity w/ product. Define & explain "testimonial" technique

Ex. Michael Jordan sells Nike shoes

2. Bandwagon Def: Encourages people to buy b/c e'one is doing it. Ads urge you to get on board; don't get left out. Define & explain "bandwagon" technique

Ex. "All over America, people are switching to...."

3. Plain Folks Def: Product associated with ordinary folks like you & me. Ads use "regular", next-door-neighbor types to sell product. Define & explain "plain folks" technique

Ex. New mother in hospital uses Tylenol.

4. Transfer Product associated with s'thing that is attractive or respectable. Car ads show gorgeous model - audience transfer feelings about model to car. Ads use patriotic symbols like bald eagle - audience transfers patriotic feelings

to product, company. Define & explain "transfer" technique

Ex. Wal-Mart claims to sell only made-in-USA products.

SUMMARY: Advertisers use propaganda. Propaganda = Messages intended to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion. 4 common propaganda techniques used by advertisers: 1. Testimonial: celebrity endorses product. 2. Bandwagon: everybody is buying product. 3. Plain Folks: ordinary, non-glamorous people like us use it. 4. Transfer: transfer feelings of admiration to product.

Anthropods

• Non-Fiction- note taking on facts, Non-Fiction- note taking on facts, main ideas in background main ideas in background information, rhetoric in a speech information, rhetoric in a speech

• Fiction- Character analysis, sensory Fiction- Character analysis, sensory details, quote analysis, scaffolding details, quote analysis, scaffolding towards a text-dependent questiontowards a text-dependent question

Comparing TextsComparing TextsCentral Question: What can passenger lists tell us about who settled in the New World and where they settled?

Rewriting notes in Cornell Format

• Students may take guided notes, fill in an outline, or other note taking format that you might already use

• Students re-copy their notes in the Cornell Format for homework or as an extension creating their own questions or main ideas – Automatic review/ Studentt Created Study

Guide– Kinesthetic learning– Can edit, look-up words– Prompts higher-level question- Students can

come up with questions to use as review in class the next day

Scaffolding Cornell Notes

• Model how to use Cornell Notes

• Provide templates

• Provide all main ideas and questions for students

• Provide 2 or 3 main ideas or questions and ask students to come up with 2 or 4 on their own

After Your Notes are Complete

• Synthesize and make connections between note sheets

• Highlight, circle and underline most important information or details

• Cross out unimportant information

• Use notes for further studying

Revision Checklist

Remember

• There are many ways to use Cornell Notes

• Cornell Notes can be used for both non-fiction and fiction

• Teachers should model note taking

• Scaffold students toward independence

Literacy Open Office Hours Literacy Open Office Hours

• Wednesday, Nov. 6- Media CenterWednesday, Nov. 6- Media Center