WHAT’S BLACK, WHITE, AND READ ALL OVER?

By: Ashley Storey

What Have You Used a Composition Book for?

JournalingWriting with Peer

ReviewsNotes for a

Project or Presentation

Labs

Composition Books vs. Spiral Notebooks

COMPOSITION BOOK

Pages not easily torn out

Everything stays in chronological order

Binding keeps all pages in order and place.

Pages easily torn out

Not always kept in chronological order

Spiral bindings have a tendency to fall apart over the course of the school year.

SPIRAL NOTEBOOK

Benefits of Using Composition Books in Your Classroom

Smaller More durableNot the correct paper size = no or less papers missing

Easily keep notes in chronological order

Cornell NotesMake Note Taking Easier for Your Students

A Brief History of Cornell Notes

Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Walter Pauk

Designed/Created in response to frustration over student test scores

Created to be easily used as a test study guide

*Cornell notes have been adopted by most major law schools as the preferred note taking method.

Why Cornell Notes ROCK!

1. Keeps your notes organized, so you can revise and review them later.  

2. Allows you to find important information easier.  

3. Focuses on important concepts like vocabulary words, dates and people, theories, processes,

4. etc.  5. Provides an efficient method of taking

notes during any kind of lecture.  6. Allows for an easier way to study that can

lead to higher grades in college.  7. Allows you to review for tests in an

organized way.  

Cornell Notes Layout

Modified Cornell Notes Layout

Example of Cornell Notes for English

Summaries can also be included in the notes.

Example of Cornell Notes for Math

Example of Cornell Notes for Social Studies/History

Summaries can also be included in the notes.

Example of Cornell Notes for Science

Summaries can also be included in the notes.

Using Cornell Notes to Study

1. Cover up right side page. Read the questions. Recite information as fully as possible. Uncover the sheet and verify information frequently (single, most powerful learning tool!)

2. Reflect on the organization of all the lectures. Overlap notes and read recall cues. Study the progression of the information.

3. Review by reciting, reflecting, and reading insights.

5 Steps of the Cornell System of Notes

1. Record lectures in the main column2. Refine lectures with questions,

corrections, underlining, recall cues, graphics and pictures

3. Recite by covering main column and expanding on recall cues-then verify

4. Reflect on organization by studying all cues

5. Review by repeating recite and reflect steps