Warm Up

Think about when you are in class listening to the teacher or reading the textbook. What kinds of things are you doing while the teacher is talking or while you or other students are reading?

Make a list on one of the Warm-Up Sheets at your table.

Note-taking and Cornell Notes

Jennifer Krupala

jkrupala@taylor.isd.tenet.edu

Cornell Notes

Why use it?Used widely at colleges and universities

Direct correlation between note-taking and learning

Easy and efficient

Leonardo’s Example

5 R’s of note taking: record, reduce, recite, reflect, review

Cornell Notes (cont.)Activity One: Create a Cornell Note sheet

Take one of the sheets of notebook paper supplied at your tableTake the left hand side of paper and fold it over until the edge is at the center point of the paperUnfold the paper and draw a line all the way across the paper horizontally, leaving 3 or four lines below the line.

Cornell Notes (cont.)

Activity One: Model it! Science Article Example

Cornell Notes (cont.)Activity One: Take Notes

As the teacher reads, take notes in the right hand section of your paper.Once they’ve finished reading, review the notes and reduce the facts into 3-5 main points in the left hand column.Share your main points with your tablemates and come up with a 1-2 sentence summary.Write the summary in the bottom section.

Cornell Notes (cont.)Activity Two: Take Notes

Create a second Cornell Notes Sheet.Get the photocopy of the textbook pages.Follow along as we practice taking Cornell Notes while reading from the textbook.Share your main points with your tablemates and come up with a 1-2 sentence summary.Write the summary in the bottom section.

Cornell Notes (cont.)Exit Activity: Reflect

At your table, discuss how you could use Cornell Notes in the following classes:

Social Studies

Language Arts

Science

Math

Electives

Complete the Exit slip on the back of the Warm up

Cornell Notes (cont.)Examples in back of packet:

PDF version without lines, with lines, graphPut questions/mental cues in cue columnUse the summary section for reflectionHave student fill in cue section/summary as homeworkReview notes as a warm-up the next day – in a group – come to a consensus

Resources

www.eleven21.com/notetaker/ - downloadable Cornell Notes forms

www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/cae.tut/TCornell.htm - description of Cornell method and 5 R’s of Note Taking

www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking - lots of note taking forms with descriptions of what to write in each part

Da Vinci’s Notebook

www.bl.uk/.../euromanuscripts/leonardolge.html