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Focused Note Taking

Lori Bartram

Created on July 17, 2023

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Focused Note Taking

Knowing

Doing

How can focused note taking support my current and future academic success?

Give One Get One

Cornell Way and Star column

The Cornell Way and STAR

What I Wrote in My "K" Box column

What do I want to know?

Cornell Notes Set up

Note-Taking Crosswalk

2-and 3- Column Notes

Answer the Essential Question

Set up for 2- or 3- column notes

Discuss at your table when you might use 2- column notes. How about 3- column notes.

Reference your notes from our last lesson

Complete the first column of the Note-Taking Crosswalk that is on the flip side of your KWL Chart.

At your table, be ready to share

Discuss where each element of the Cornell Way or STAR corresponds to the steps of the 5 phases of Note Taking. Write it in the middle column.

Write down “What do you want to know about how to more effectively take, process, and utilize notes.

Do this in the W section of your KWL chart.

Using your KWL chart, find five other people.

Share what you wrote and add to your K of your KWL chart what they wrote if different from you.

What did you write?

Look at what you wrote in your K column in your KWL chart. Record how what you wrote correlates to the 5 steps. Write this in the last column.

Let's look at how to set up Cornell Notes

Discuss at your table when Cornell notes may be the best format for you