1. Cornell Notes and Annotation

2. What are Cornell notes?  The Cornell note-taking system was created by Walter Pauk, a professor at Cornell University. He wanted to give his students an easy, efficient, and effective method for taking notes in his classes. The popularity of Cornell notes spread quickly through colleges and universities around the country. The Cornell notes format is now being used in middle and high schools as well.

3. The Cornell Notes Format  The Cornell notes format is simply a two-column, note-taking system where a piece of paper is divided by one vertical line making the right side twice the size of the left side. Some teachers and students refer to this format as a t-chart.

4. The Cornell Notes Format  The left column is used for documenting main ideas, headings, and key points.  The right column is used for documenting supporting details and information about the main ideas and keys points in the left column.  A summary of the notes is typically included at the end underneath the t-chart.  The left column is used for documenting main ideas, headings, and key points.  The right column is used for documenting supporting details and information about the main ideas and keys points in the left column.  A summary of the notes is typically included at the end underneath the t-chart.

5. The Cornell Notes Format Main Ideas, Headings Supporting Details, Key Points of Information Summary Bullets are used to divide the notes. Each note can be written in the form of a sentence or simply a group of words or a combination of both.

6. What is Annotation?  Annotation is simply making notes on the text as you read the text. Annotation allows the reader to interact with the text in order to find meaning and improve text comprehension.  Readers often use highlighters, brightly-colored pens and pencils, and Post-it notes to document annotations.  Annotations are sometimes written in the margins of the text.  Annotation is simply making notes on the text as you read the text. Annotation allows the reader to interact with the text in order to find meaning and improve text comprehension.  Readers often use highlighters, brightly-colored pens and pencils, and Post-it notes to document annotations.  Annotations are sometimes written in the margins of the text.

7. Purpose of Annotation Readers annotate texts for a number of reasons including:  to highlight main ideas and key points of information.  to write questions about the text in the margins of the text.  to underline, circle, or highlight unknown vocabulary words.  to summarize ideas presented in the text.  to determine text purpose and identify the intended audience.  to document personal opinions about or reactions to the text.  to make connections to other texts or to real life situations. Readers annotate texts for a number of reasons including:  to highlight main ideas and key points of information.  to write questions about the text in the margins of the text.  to underline, circle, or highlight unknown vocabulary words.  to summarize ideas presented in the text.  to determine text purpose and identify the intended audience.  to document personal opinions about or reactions to the text.  to make connections to other texts or to real life situations.

8. Cornell Notes Project: From Civil War to Civil Rights Project Steps 1)Read the assigned article/research information. 2)Annotate the information (questions, vocabulary, comments & opinions, text connections, main ideas, key points of information) 3)Compare notes with your partner(s). Discuss the information and decide what to include in your Cornell notes. 4)Create a rough draft of Cornell notes in pencil on notebook paper. 5)Write a final draft of Cornell notes in ink on the supplied paper. 6)Neatly copy the final draft of Cornell notes on the supplied chart paper using markers. 7)Be prepared to deliver a 1 to 2 minute oral presentation of your topic using information from your Cornell notes. Project Steps 1)Read the assigned article/research information. 2)Annotate the information (questions, vocabulary, comments & opinions, text connections, main ideas, key points of information) 3)Compare notes with your partner(s). Discuss the information and decide what to include in your Cornell notes. 4)Create a rough draft of Cornell notes in pencil on notebook paper. 5)Write a final draft of Cornell notes in ink on the supplied paper. 6)Neatly copy the final draft of Cornell notes on the supplied chart paper using markers. 7)Be prepared to deliver a 1 to 2 minute oral presentation of your topic using information from your Cornell notes.