1. Act. 1
Catalyst: 1/11
How are Cornell Notes different than other ways of taking notes?
Agenda:
Act.1- Warm Up 1/11
Act.2- Notes: What are Cornell Notes?
Homework:
Complete todays Cornell Notes

2. Taking Cornell Notes

3. What do Cornell Notes Look Like?

4. The Value of Cornell Notes
Students who take no notes or some notes retain less than 59% of what was learned.
What grade would this get you on a test?
Students who take and use Cornell Notes as a study tool retain 90%-100% of what was learned.
What grade would this get?

5. Table Talk With your table group, discuss when
you should take notes in class.
Make a list.
Write this IN YOUR NOTES FOR TODAY!
Be prepared to share with the class!

6. Examples of when to take notes
The teacher says to take notes
The teacher says something you
don’t already know
The teacher presents using Powerpoint
The speaker writes on the board
The teacher says, “This will be on the test.”

7. The steps: S.T.A.R. Set up your paper Take the notes
Apply your thinking to the notes
Reflect on Revise and Review your notes.

8. Set Up Your Paper Put a proper heading in the top right corner. Date
Activity Number
Save 1/3 of the left hand side of paper for
questions by folding or drawing a vertical line.
Write the topic of the lecture, powerpoint, etc in the form of an essential question.

9. Set Up Your Paper
Date:
Act.___

10. Take Notes Write notes on the right side of the page Abbreviate words
Paraphrase
Skip at least 2 lines between each
slide/main idea
Use symbols, pictures, or diagrams

11. Take Notes
Date:
Act.___

12. Apply Your Thinking
Date:
Act.___
Within 24 hours of taking notes, review your notes and write questions on the left side of the page.
I expect ONE question per slide from our notes.
This is why I assign this as homework!

13. Reflect on Notes
Date:
Act.___
Add a summary to your notes by answering the essential question
Summaries should be between 3 and 5 sentences long

14. Revise Notes
Date:
Act.___
Review notes with a partner and add details that you each missed. v v

15. Revise Notes
Date:
Act.___
Look in your textbook and add details from the book to your notes. v v

16. 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.
It’s like built in flash cards!