Cornell Notes
Systematic Way To Take Notes
Taking Notes
Cornell Notes
Students may take Cornell Notes in a spiral notebook or on notebook paper, however, they must use the Cornell Note format repeatedly and review notes regularly.
*This is very similar to the interactive vocabulary notebooks that TMS Students are already using.
Divide
Divide the paper into three sections
Draw a dark horizontal line about 5 or 6 lines from the bottom. Use a heavy marker to draw the line so that it is clear.
Draw a dark vertical line about 2 inches from the left side of the paper from the top to the horizontal line.
Document
Important information to stay organized
- Write the date, and topic at the top of each page.
- Write your name, if using notebook paper, instead of a spiral bound notebook.
Notes
Take Notes
- The large box to the right is for writing notes.
- Skip a line between ideas and topics.
- Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations, whenever possible. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word"and".
Review And Clarify
Review and Pull out main ideas
Pull out main ideas, key points, dates, and people, and write these in the left column.
Review the notes as soon as possible after class.
Summarize
Put the information in your own words
Write a summary of the main ideas in the bottom section.
Study
Know what to study
Re-read your notes in the right column.
Study the ideas in the left column and the summary at the bottom. These are the most important ideas.
Completed Example
Templates
Take notes on your computers with Cornell Notes
Adapted From:
Jaye Parks
Email: parksj@iss.k12.nc.us
Twitter: @JayeParks1