Note Taking Style 2 Cornell Notes Walter Pauk

Note Taking Style #2 Cornell Notes Walter Pauk

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The basics.

Cues Level Thinking Notes Higher Words Use cues to notes and nreview Categorize – put into nprepare Compare Record textbook different categories and lecture * you’er notes here using: for - howtests it is the same or different • Outline format • Words to define • Main ideas details life) • HIGHER LEVEL • Short sentences thinking- how ? s it is different n Contrast • Summarization based on notes n Describe - explain, tell – use who, what, where, when, why and/or how While reading • Paraphrase • Diagrams n Diagram – draw a picture that explains how something works • Abbreviations n Connect – link things you don’t know with things you do know (like to real n Explain - tell how and why about a subject, tell how. When: it works, describe During class / hours n When: Rank –Within put in 24 a hierarchy Summary clip While reading n Summarize - re-tell briefly, tell in your own words, and tell like an ESPN n Trace - follow event from beginning to end 3 -4 sentences that summarize the topic Don’t do at end of every page, just at end of topic When: Within 24 hrs, but AFTER Notes and Cues

Cues Notes • Describe Judaism’s founding. Judaism • Founding • 4, 000 yrs ago in Fertile Crescent • Founded by Abraham • Define: 10 • Jerusalem, Israel Commandments • 10 Commandments – rules for While reading behavior • Summarize the • Moses got them from God major beliefs of • If Jews follow messiah will Judaism reappear Summary Judaism is a monothesitc religion practiced by the Jews. The religion was founded by Abraham. Jews follow behavioral and ethical rules, including the 10 Commandments, recorded in the Torah, as delivered to Moses from God.

It’s cool. For real.

Higher Level Thinking Questions n Categorize – put into different categories n Compare - how it is the same or different n Connect – link things you don’t know with things you do know (like to real life) n Contrast - how it is different n Describe - explain, tell – use who, what, where, when, why and/or how n Diagram – draw a picture that explains how something works n Explain - tell how and why about a subject, tell how it works, describe n Rank – put in a hierarchy n Summarize - re-tell briefly, tell in your own words, and tell like an ESPN clip n Trace - follow event from beginning to end

Cues Notes Questions in the left Notes go on the right side. column, go Write what the teacher ahead try to emphasize guess what the teacher’s While reading going to ask When: Within 24 hours Summary When: Within 24 hours When: During class / While reading I like my summary like a mini-skirt: short – enough, but still covers all the important stuff