CORNELL
NOTE-TAKING

WHAT IS AVID?
A DVANCEMENT
V IA
I NDIVIDUAL
D ETERMINATION

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

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Why are
Cornell notes effective?

WICOR
WRITING INQUIRY
COLLABORATION
ORGANIZATION READING
RESEARCH BASED
STRATEGIES

WRITING
• Cornell Note-taking
• Learning Logs
• Quickwrites &
Reflections
• Process Writing
• Peer Evaluation
• Authentic Writing

INQUIRY
• Skilled Questioning
Techniques
• Costa’s Levels of
Thinking
• Socratic Seminar
• Investigations
• Tutorials

COLLABORATION
• Socratic Seminar
• Philosophical
Chairs
• Tutorials
• Service Learning
• Peer Editing

ORGANIZATION
• Binders &
Organizational Tools
• Calendars, Planners, and Agendas
• Graphic Organizers
• Cornell Note-taking
• Tutorials and Study
Groups

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

AVID Handouts
1. CORNELL WAY
2. CORNELL Notes Template
3. CORNELL Notes Rubric
4. Cornell Notes Checklist

(Video)

HOW DO I
SET UP
CORNELL
NOTES?

Sample Cornell Notes
(Elmo)

How is AVID preparing us for college?

Happy
Cornell
Notetaking!