FOUR REASONS TO TAKE NOTES

1. Note taking is a life time skill.

2. Notes provide material to study and

review for tests.

3. Note taking focuses attention while

reading or listening.

4. Note taking aids memory.

CREATING THE NOTE PAGE Create a fold or divide 1/3 The

final note page over on your sheet has

four parts1. Header

3. Details

4. Summary

2. Main Ideas

SECTION 1: HEADER

1. Your Name

2. Course Name

3. Date

4. Topic (Descriptive Title)

SECTION 2: MAIN IDEAS

1. For Interviews, write the questions asked

2. For Lectures, Reports, & Discussions, write key words or phrases that sum up main points

3. For Narratives, write the major themes

SECTION 3: DETAILS/SUPPORT

1. Separate details/supporting ideas in point form

2. Link them to the Main Ideas they support Results of a Study Pros and Cons Cause and Effect Speaker A / Speaker B / etc.

3. Use abbreviations, short phrases, symbols, diagrams, and sketches.

4. Do not write complete sentences!

5. Do not write a list of words you do not understand!

6. Write what you do understand!

SECTION 4: SUMMARY

1. Write a paragraph in your own words that summarizes the information.

2. State what you have learned from the Interview, Lecture, Report, Discussion, or Narrative.

3. The summary should answer the question: “What have I learned from listening to this segment?”

USING YOUR NOTES

1. Cover up details2. Look only at the idea/questions and

recite details aloud from memory

3. Uncover details to check

4. Repeat as necessary and cover up

different areas

{Name}; {Class}; {Date}Topic: Cornell Note-taking (NT)Subject: Academic Listening/Reading Assignment 1

reasons for NT

how to NT

how to study from notes

1. life time skill > org. learning2. material to study & rev. 4 tests3. helps focus attention while

rdng/listng4. provides reps, ??ing & summarizing

>> aid long term memory

5. Cornell Style6. Org. Notes acc 2 style of audio > i.e.

Interview, lecture, report, discussion, narrative

7. Write results/pros cons/cause effect/Speaker

8. What to write in ea sec.9. Use abb’s, short phrases, symbols,

diag’s, & sketches.

10.cover up details11.look only at main ideas > recite

details from memory > uncover details > check

12.Repeat & cover MIs or Summ.

Summary:Note taking is an important skill in learning by summarizing and repeating important information and providing material to prepare for tests.