1. School Skills
7th Grade FACS

2. Note-Taking Strategies
1. The Cornell Method
2. The Outlining Method
3. The Charting Method
4. The Mapping Method
5. The Sentence Method

3. The Cornell Method
Separate the notebook paper into 3 designated areas.
Notes Column
Cue Column
Summary Column

4. The Outlining Method

5. The Outlining Method The first row is very general.
The second row applies to the information above it.
The third row applies to the information above that.

6. The Charting Method

7. The Charting Method How? Advantages Disadvantages When to Use it?
Set up your paper in columns and label appropriate headings
Helps pull out the most relevant information
Can be a hard system to learn to use
If you’ll be tested on facts and relationships
The headings could be categories covered in the lecture
Also reduces the amount of writing necessary
You need to know the content that will be covered during the lecture before it begins
If content is heavy and presented quickly- such as a history course with dates, people, events, etc.
Insert information (Words, phrases, main ideas, etc) into the appropriate category
Provides easy review for memorizing facts and studying comparisons and relationships
If you want to get an overview of the whole course on one big paper

8. The Mapping Method

9. The Mapping Method Create a map describing who you are. Ms. Tollefson
Parents
Lake
Crafts
Family
Siblings
Hobbies
Ms. Tollefson
Farm
Dogs

10. The Sentence Method