1. AVID CORNELL NOTE-TAKING
Karlie: Good morning! We are AVID students from Waiakea High School. We’re seniors and have been in AVID for 3 years. Thank you for allowing us to share what we’ve learned in AVID, specifically Cornell-Note-taking.

2. ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION
WHAT IS AVID?
ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION
Karlie: AVID stands for…
ALL: Advancement via individual determination.

3. WHY?
The mission of AVID is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.
Keanu: The mission of AVID is
Karlie: to close the achievement gap by preparing all students
Aaron: for college readiness and success in a global society.

4. Why are Cornell notes effective?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Why are Cornell notes effective?
Karlie: The essential question for our presentation is “Why are Cornell Notes effective?
Cheylee will be taking Cornell notes, or what we call “C-notes” during this presentation.

5. WICOR RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES WRITING INQUIRY COLLABORATION
ORGANIZATION READING
RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES
Aaron: To help students become college ready, AVID uses research based literacy strategies based on WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading.

6. WRITING Cornell Note-taking Learning Logs Quickwrites & Reflections
Process Writing
Peer Evaluation
Authentic Writing
(Read the slide)
Cornell Note-taking
Learning Logs
Quickwrites & Reflections
Process Writing
Peer Evaluation
Authentic Writing

7. INQUIRY Skilled Questioning Techniques Costa’s Levels of Thinking
Socratic Seminar
Investigations
Tutorials
(Read the slide)
Skilled Questioning Techniques
Costa’s Levels of Thinking
Socratic Seminar
Investigations
Tutorials

8. COLLABORATION Socratic Seminar Philosophical Chairs Tutorials
Service Learning
Peer Editing
(Read the slide)
Socratic Seminar
Philosophical Chairs
Tutorials
Service Learning
Peer Editing

9. Binders & Organizational Tools Calendars, Planners, and Agendas
Graphic Organizers
Cornell Note-taking
Tutorials and Study Groups
(Read slide)
Binders & Organizational Tools
Calendars, Planners, and Agendas
Graphic Organizers
Cornell Note-taking
Tutorials and Study Groups

10. READING Deep Reading Strategies
Learning & Retaining Academic vocabulary
Marking the Text
Writing in the Margins
Charting the Text
Responding and Summarizing the Text
Utilizing Sentence Starters and Templates
(Read Slide)
Deep Reading Strategies
Learning & Retaining Academic vocabulary
Marking the Text
Writing in the Margins
Charting the Text
(Read the slide)
Responding and Summarizing the Text
Utilizing Sentence Starters and Templates

11. AVID Handouts CORNELL WAY CORNELL Notes Template CORNELL Notes Rubric
Cornell Notes Checklist
We have provided you with 4 handouts that you can refer to during this presentation.

12. WHY CORNELL NOTES? (Video)
Keanu: Why Cornel notes. Here’s a short video explaining the rationale behind Cornell notes. We apologize for the small video screen.
(After the video)
As you heard in the video, Cornell notes will help students retain the information. Cornell notes require students to review the materials in order to write critical questions in the left margin and a summary at the bottom. Cornell notes aren’t just for recording ideas. It requires organization, reviewing, critical questioning, exchanging of ideas, synthesizing, and reflecting.

13. HOW DO I SET UP CORNELL NOTES?
Aaron: How do I set up Cornell notes?

14. Here are different types of C-notes notepaper
Here are different types of C-notes notepaper. Notepaper with and without lines, and C-notes on graph paper.

15. Here’s a sample C-note from a language arts class.

16. Here’s another sample C-note from an Algebra class.

17. C Create Format Create Format:
Here are some examples of Cornell note templates. All the templates have these main parts:
Heading: Top right, students will write their name, class, period, date.
Topic: Top left, students will write the topic. For example,…
Essential Question: The Essential Question is based on the standard or objective to be addressed. For example,…
1/3 of the paper on the left is for questions and main ideas.
The right side is for the notes.
On the bottom of the page is for the summary.
Karlie: If templates are not available, students may format their binder paper by folding or drawing line like so (demonstrate).
Fold the left side to create a column that’s about ½ of the paper. Then fold the bottom up about two inches to create the summary section.

18. O Organize Notes Aaron: Organizing Notes-
While taking notes on the right side, remember to write in phrases or lists, abbreviate, and use symbols, leave spaces for revisions, and even use different colored pens to indicate different ideas.

19. R Review/Revise Keanu: Review/Revise Notes:
Then students will review notes by highlighting, adding, deleting, paraphrasing, and clarifying meaning.

20. N Note Key Ideas Karlie: Note Key Ideas
Students will develop both low and higher level question relating to the ideas on the right side. It’s important to write higher level questions. Some examples of low level questions are:
Higher level questions are:

21. E Exchange Ideas Aaron: Exchange
Students collaborate with classmates to compare, enhance, and revise notes.

22. L Link Learning Keanu: Link Learning
Students will review notes and questions to identify main ideas to use in the summery. Students respond to the essential question in their summary.

23. L Learning Tool Aaron: Learning Tool
Students internalize and apply new learning in their classes.

24. Sample Cornell Notes (Elmo)
Karlie: Cheylee will now go over the highlights of the Cornell notes that she took during this presentation.

25. How is AVID preparing us for college?
(Each student briefly share how AVID is preparing him/her for college.)

26. Happy Cornell Note-taking!
Thank You!
Happy Cornell Note-taking!
Aaron: Thank you again for allowing us to share what we’ve learned in AVID. If you need resources or have more questions about Cornell notetaking or AVID, you may contact our school’s AVID coordinator, Mrs. Zaida Igawa.
Mahalo and happy Cornell note-taking!