AVID Announcements Signed syllabus due Monday 25 AVID

AVID Announcements ◦ Signed syllabus due Monday! ◦ $25 AVID Lab Fee due Friday, Sept. 7 th ◦ 10 th graders – We are looking for two Sophomore Representatives for the AVID Council. If you are interested please let me know! You will need to fill out an application and go through an interview process. ◦ Attention juniors: The Tomorrow’s Leaders Program is a leadership program for outstanding 11 th grade students. This program will help you set and achieve personal goals and prepare you to take on leadership positions. Only 40 students from the county will be selected to participate. College admissions and Scholarship committees look very favorably on this. For more information please see or email Mrs. Marracino in the guidance office. ◦ Juniors please plan on being all next week we will be taking a planned SAT practice test for a grade. ◦ JUNIORS & SENIORS: Please plan on taking the SAT – Saturday, November 3 rd and the ACT – Saturday, December 8 th ◦ August 24 th – Happy Birthday Olivia!!!

AVID CONTRACT Please turn it in by next Friday

Focused Note-Taking Five Steps to Success Purpose – to demonstrate your understanding of the 5 Phases of the Focused Note-Taking process Please take out Cornell Note paper or a sheet of notebook paper. Slide 4

Focused Note-Taking Process Taking Notes Processing Notes Connecting Thinking Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning Applying Learning Slide 5

Guiding Principles • The focused note-taking process must be explicitly taught! • For learning to occur most effectively, learners must revisit their notes multiple times in a variety of ways. • Every phase of focused note-taking involves inquiry. Learners must constantly ask questions of themselves, their notes, and the content. Slide 6

Focused Note. Taking Notes Phase 1 Establish a purpose & objective for note-taking Write an Essential Question to guide the note-taking Slide 7 Select the best format for the notes Write notes based on your source(s) Learn to use a variety of formats for different purposes Select, paraphrase, and arrange the information thoughtfully

Focused Note. Taking Notes: Formats Phase 1 Two- and Three. Column Notes Term Definition Examples Mind Maps Output Cornell Notes Graphic Organizers Slide 8 Interactive Notebooks Input

Format the Page: Two Column Notes • Two Column § Divide page vertically o Left side: note main ideas, key points, important concepts, etc. o Right side: note details, evidence, responses, etc. Main Idea Slide 9 Supporting details

Format the Page: Three Column Notes • Three Column § Divide page in thirds vertically o Left side: key ideas, main points, important concepts, etc. o Middle: supporting details, evidence, etc. o Right side: responses, connections, application, examples, etc. Key Ideas Slide 10 Supporting Details Response

Focused Note. Taking Phase 2 Processing Notes • Involves thinking about the notes • Should be done within 24 hours of taking the notes • Provides opportunities for collaboration • Will get messy as note-takers revise • Focuses on clarifying content and organization Slide 11

Focused Note. Taking Processing Notes Phase 2 Revise notes by… • underlining, highlighting, • • circling t? a h questioning. W deleting adding classifying, organizing, chunking main ideas § less important ideas o details Slide 12 Identify main idea and supporting details by: § § Selecting Sorting Classifying Organizing

Focused Note. Taking Phase 3 Connecting Think beyond the notes: Ask questions about the notes Wonderment questions Make connections to • • • what you already know • content from the course or from outside the course • your life or the world around you • your note-taking purpose Comprehension Prediction Anomaly Detection Application Planning and Strategy Costa’s Levels of Thinking Slide 13 Add original thinking

Focused Note. Taking Phase 3 Connecting Thinking Return to the notes with an eye for inquiry: • Learning makes sense when it is connected to what we already know, what we’ve experienced, or how we can use it. • Learners should ask questions they really want to find the answers to and truly want to discuss. Slide 14

Focused Note. Taking Phase 4 Think about the notes as a whole. Slide 15 Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning Summarize Reflect What have I learned? • Capture the most important aspects of your notes • Answer the Essential Question How will this be useful? • Consider how the learning helps you meet the note-taking objective • Plan where you go from here

Focused Note. Taking Applying Learning Phase 5 • Use the notes for their intended purpose. • Demonstrate what you’ve learned or apply it to a new situation. Socratic Seminar Philosophical Chairs Debates Problem- solving Researching Writing Narratives Arguments Essays Reports Presentations Proposals Speeches Teaching others Panel Discussions Project-Based Learning Quizzes Tests Studying Letters Articles Scripts Documentaries Reviews Critiques Experiments Blogs Dissertations Slide 16 Conclusions

Let’s practice the Focused Note-Taking Process! Taking Notes Processing Notes Connecting Thinking Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning Applying Learning Slide 17

Focused Note. Taking Notes Phase 1 Did you write down the note-taking purpose from slide 1? If not, ask an elbow partner! Supplement the notes that you’ve already taken by adding notes from the Student Overview Video Slide 18

Focused Note. Taking Processing Notes Phase 2 Compare your notes with a partner and revise by… • underlining, highlighting, • • circling t? a h questioning. W deleting adding classifying, organizing, chunking main ideas § less important ideas o details Slide 19

Focused Note. Taking Processing Notes Phase 2 Divide your notes into “chunks” In the left column of your notes, write the Main Idea of each chunk/section of notes Going above and beyond! • Using the words/phrases you circled and underlined in each chunk, write a onesentence synthesis statement Slide 20

Focused Note. Taking Connecting Thinking Phase 3 • As a class, think outside the notes by sharing questions and original thinking and writing those in the left column and/or in text. Ask questions about the notes Add original thinking Wonderment questions • • • Comprehension Prediction Anomaly Detection Application Planning and Strategy Costa’s Levels of Thinking Slide 21 Make connections to • what you already know • content from the course or from outside the course • your life or the world around you • your note-taking purpose

Focused Note. Taking Phase 4 Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning • Individually write a Summary Reflection at the bottom of your notes. Summarize Reflect Slide 22 What have I learned? • Capture the most important aspects of your notes • Answer the Essential Question How will this be useful? • Consider how the learning helps you meet the note-taking objective • Plan where you go from here

Focused Note. Taking Applying Learning Phase 5 Use the notes for their intended purpose. § Our Purpose – to demonstrate your understanding of the 5 Phases of the Focused Note-Taking process We will do this through SYNECTICS! § Synectics is the process of making unexpected connections; a form of analogous thinking often used in problem solving; a form of analogy. Slide 23

Focused Note. Taking Applying Learning Phase 5 Explain how the Focused Note-Taking Process is like another process. Creatively demonstrate and present the connection (skit, poster, digital presentation, etc. ) For example: • create a poster showing how the Focused Note-Taking process is like the process of building a house • perform a demonstration of how the Focused Note-Taking process is like learning to properly shoot a jump-shot Slide 24