Cornell Notes and Marking Your
Text
CW: Tuesday 8/27
Warm Up:
What skills do
scientists use to
learn about the
natural world?
1) Warm Up
2) How to take
Cornell Notes
3) Jane Goodall
Notes
HW:
1. None
What you’ve always wanted to know about…
Cornell Notes
Oh, you know you do!...
Introduction
• How did you learn to take notes?
• How skilled are you at note-taking?
• How do you think taking good notes
can contribute to your success as a
student in middle school?
• Are there any other benefits to notetaking skills?
Sometimes you take notes while
listening to your teacher in class.
Sometimes you take notes while you
read (a textbook, or a poem, etc.)
Sometimes you take notes when
watching a film, or a PowerPoint
presentation.
Where did this technique
come from?
•Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Walter Pauk.
•Designed in response to frustration over student test scores.
•Meant to be easily used as a test study guide.
•Adopted by most major law schools as the preferred note taking method.
•Used by A.V.I.D. students world-wide!
Cornell notes
• Start by drawing a 2.5 inches column to the
left-hand edge of each paper.
The left-hand side is used to
write questions about the
notes on the right. You can
also use symbols, pictures or
memory clues on the lefthand column to help you
remember the notes on the
right hand side.
The right-hand side is used for facts,
details, examples, graphic organizers
and pictures.
Remember to skip a line between
import ideas to help with
organization.
A 2 inch summary
section is made after
the notes have been
taken for the day.
Here you will reflect
and summarize the
days note taking
information.
After Lecture…
• Re-read your
notes….look for places
you may need to clarify…
• You can work with a
partner!
• Use a highlighter or can
underline important
points in your notes.
Finally…
After taking your notes…
fill in the left hand column
with questions, symbols
pictures or any other
memory clues.
Why do you do this?
Because…...
You can always cover the
right-hand column with a
piece of paper…and by
reading your questions or
looking at your pictures,
symbols or memory clues
you can see if you can
remember the right-hand
side information.
Put paper over the
right-hand side.
Use memory clues to
remember your notes
on the right side..
How take out a piece of paper..
• Set up your Cornell note format…..
• Now lets take notes Jane Goodall....
jane goodall
As you watch the video ask yourself… What
skills and attitudes do scientist need?
Cornell Notes and Marking Your
Text
CW: Wednesday 8/28
Warm Up:
What are some
qualities and
personal traits that
all scientists have
in common.
1) Warm Up
2) Jane Goodall
Notes
HW:
1. Vocab Cards
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Observing
Qualitative Observation
Quantitative Observation
In your groups
Inferring
Predicting
chose three words
Classifying
and discuss what
Modeling
you think each word
Curiosity
means…..
Open-mindness
Creativity
Honesty
observing
What does observing mean?
• Using one or more of your senses to gather
information.
Qualitative Observation
• Descriptions that does not deal with numbers.
The chimpanzee is black, hairy, as large as a
human, smells like the earth and has fingernails.
Quantitative Observation
• Descriptions that does deal with numbers. The
chimpanzee has 2 ears, 1 nose, 10 fingernails,
and is 556 cm tall.
The chimp picked off a handful of leaves from the
tree and chewed on them. Then it took the leaves
out of its mouth and pushed them into the tree
hollow. When the chimp pulled the leaves back out,
Jane saw the gleam of water. The chimp then put
the wet leaves back in its mouth.
What was the chimpanzee doing?
Jane reasoned that the chimpanzee might be using
the chewed leaves like a sponge to soak up water.
• Jane was……
Inferring
Making an inference doesn’t mean guessing wildly.
Inferences are based on reasoning from what you
already know.
Predicting
• Through her observations, Jane learned that
when a chimpanzee is frightened or angry, its
hairs stand on end. This response is sometimes
followed by threatening gestures such as
charging, throwing rocks, and shaking trees, or
even an attack. Therefore, if Jane sees a chimp
with its hairs on end, she can predict that there
might be danger and move away.
Predicting means…
Making a forecast of what will happen in the
future based on past experience or evidence.
Classify
• Suppose Jane wanted to know how much time
Jomeo spent feeding or resting that morning.
She could find out by classifying Jomeo’s
actions into several categories
Classify
• Jane could group together all the information
about Jomeo’s feeding habits or his resting
behavior. This would also make it easier to
compare Jomeo’s actions to those of other
chimps.
• Classify means…
Is the process of grouping together items that
are alike in some way.
Modeling
• How far do chimpanzees travel? Where do
they go? Sometimes, Jane’s research team
would follow a particular chimpanzee for
many days at a time.
Jomeo’s journey through
the forest over the course
of one day.
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This is a model of Jomeo’s
journey.
Modeling
• Making models involves creating
representations of complex objects or
processes.
• Models help people study and understand
things that are complex or that can’t be
observed directly
• Now…..take a pencil and draw a picture of
what the meaning means to you on the front
of each vocabulary word card.
• Observing
• Qualitative Observation
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Quantitative Observation
• Inferring
• Predicting
• Classifying
• Modeling
• Curiosity
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Open-mindness
• Creativity
•Honesty