NEST Day 5: Focused Notes Writing the Summary

 Review Costa’s Questions  Finish Writing Questions  Start Writing Summary Today’s Goals

Focused Notes are MANY things…  A way to collect information in class  A way to interact with the information you learned (today’s focus)  A way to collaborate with peers  A tool to help you study information What are Focused Notes?

 Last time we…  Introduced Costa’s Levels of Inquiry  Practiced Levels of Inquiry  Added questions to your notes  Please take out…  Your Focused Notes PINK handout  Focused Notes about School Policies Let’s Review

 Use your PINK handout page and turn to “Costa’s Levels of Inquiry”  Today you will be reviewing the different levels of inquiry questions that you can use in your Cornell Notes Writing Questions

 The type of question you write, will largely depend on the type of information you’d like to discover.  Let’s briefly review them… Writing Questions

 Level 1- “knowledge gathering” questions  Level 2- “processing” questions  Level 3- “application” questions Do you remember how to ask the different levels of questioning… Writing Questions

Question Levels Remember the Penguins?

 Let’s APPLY our new knowledge..  Take time to review your notes and check your questions– finish writing the questions for your notes Writing Questions

 FIRST, we took notes.  SECOND, we created questions by looking at our notes. And finally… Let’s Continue…

 Writing a summary is the THIRD way you are able to review your notes  The summary is located at the end of your notes  The purpose of a summary is to restate the main ideas in your notes Writing a Summary

1.Introductory Sentences (2 sentences)  Topic sentence + 1 other intro sentence for the reader 2.Supporting Details (# is determined by your notes)  Provides details from the notes that answer the EQ 3.Closing Sentences (1 sentence)  Restates the topic of your summary in a new way and provides a closing thought Parts of a Summary

 Let’s start with your introductory sentences… 1.Focus on RESTATING the essential question into a statement  Briefly review the essential question (what is it?) EQ: What are important school wide policies and procedures and how do they affect me as a student? Writing a Summary

TIP: Take the essential question and turn it into a statement (you may include main ideas from your notes) EQ: What are important school wide policies and procedures and how do they affect me as a student? Writing a Summary

Essential Question What are important schoolwide policies and procedures and how do they affect me as a student? Turned into a statement There are several important schoolwide policies and procedures that affect students. Writing a Summary: INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE

 By turning the essential question into a statement, you have now created your first introductory sentence. LET’S WRITE IT…  Draw a horizontal line across your paper at the end of your notes  Under this line, Write your summary topic sentence Writing a Summary: INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE

1 st Introductory Sentence = There are several important schoolwide policies and procedures that affect students. Writing a Summary: INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE

 Following your first introductory sentence, provide another sentence that helps provide the reader more focus about the topic.  Introduce the importance of the topic  Explain the context of the topic  Provide a rationale for further reading Now let’s add another one…

There are several important school wide policies and procedures that affect students. Some choices for the 2 nd introductory sentence are…  # 1: These policies are important for keeping helping keep our school safe and focused on learning.  # 2: Such policies are created for students to ensure that they understand expectations for their behavior and the consequences of their actions.  #3: Policies regarding (list some main ideas in notes) are shared to make sure that students understand these guidelines. Example

 Now add your 2 nd introductory sentence similar to the samples on the previous page. FINISHING the Introductory Sentences

 TODAY we…  Reviewed Costa’s Questions  Finished Writing Questions for our notes  2 nd way to review the information  Started Writing Summary  Used the essential question for introductory sentence  NEXT you will be…  Write supporting details Today’s Goals