Taking Cornell Notes What do Cornell Notes Look

Taking Cornell Notes

What do Cornell Notes Look Like? Essential Question Heading Main Ideas Notes Summary

S. T. A. R. • Set up your paper • Take the notes • Apply your thinking to the notes (Main Idea) • Reflect & Review your notes.

Set Up Your Paper Ch. 1, Lesson 1 EQ: What is history important ? Main Ideas go here You write notes here 1. Put a proper heading in the top right corner. 2. Write the chapter #, lesson #, and essential question. 3. Use three fingers on the left hand side of paper for main ideas by folding your paper.

Take Notes Ch. 1, Lesson 1 EQ: What is history important ? History studies people and events of the past. • Explores the ways that cultures change over time 1. Write notes on the right side of the pg. (bullets) • Big Ideas • Important Details • Key vocabulary

Apply Your Thinking What is History? What is History studies people History? and events of the past. • Explores the ways that cultures change over time • AFTER writing notes, review your notes and write the Main Idea on the left side of the page. * • Turn book headings into questions * Do this AFTER you write notes.

Reflect on Notes What is history important ? What is History studies History? people and events of the past • Explores the ways that cultures change over time Summary History studies people and events. The people who study history are called historians. They study how cultures have changed over time. • Add a summary to your notes (3 -5 sentences) 1. What did I learn? 2. Answer the essential question

Review Notes • Fold your notes so that the questions show, but the notes do not. • Quiz yourself or work with another student to quiz each other.

The Value of Cornell Notes • Students who don't take notes retain less than 59% of what was learned. • Students who take and use Cornell Notes as a study tool retain 90%-100% of what was learned.

Activity: Time to Practice • Turn to pg. 4 • Begin writing Cornell Notes on pg. 4 and pg. 5. This should take you 20 minutes.

Front of your Paper

Back of Your Paper

THINK: When should you take notes? Think about when you should take notes in class. • Make a list. • Be prepared to share with the class!

When to Take Notes • The speaker says to take notes • The speaker says something you don’t already know • The speaker presents using Powerpoint • The speaker writes on the board • When you read on your own.

The Curve of Forgetting • By day 2, if you do not think about or review your notes, you will lose 50%-80% of what you learned. • By day 30, if you do not think about or review your notes, you remember only 2% - 3% of what you learned on day 1. Source: Counseling Services, Study Skills Program at the University of Waterloo