How to Take Cornell Notes

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How to Take Cornell Notes
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First, open your binder to the next blank page in
notes section

• Then, write your heading in the top right corner
  of the paper.

Name Date Period
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Next, write the title of the notes on the top
line next to the left margin.
NameDate Per .
Title
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Then, draw a line about 1 ½ to 2 inches to the
right of the red margin.
Name Date Per,
Title
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Now you are ready to take notes.
Follow the presentation by taking notes to the
right of the line that you have just drawn.
Name Date Per,
Title

• Take notes on this side.
• You may use bullet points if you like
• Make sure you leave a blank line between your
  entries.

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After you have finished your notes, go back and
see if you can ask a question that is answered by
your notes. This is written to the left of the
red line. (Most of the time you will be using a
vocabulary term in your question.) This provides
a review of the material.
Name Date Per,
Title

• Take notes on this side.
• You may use bullet points if you like
• Make sure you leave a blank line between your
  entries.

How do I take Cornell Notes
In some classes you will write the questions and
notes at the same time. In the future, when you
use Cornell Notes on your own, you will also
write the questions and notes at the same time.
However, in this class we will always use the
questions as a review!!!!
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You have finished the first half of Cornell Notes!

• Now, flip your paper over and create a graphic
  organizer to help organize your thoughts to write
  a summary paragraph about the information
  provided in the notes.

In this class, we will be using a graphic
organizer called a mind map or a cluster diagram.
Detail about your topic
Specifics
The topic of your paragraph goes here!
Further Details
Examples
Detail about your topic
Detail about your topic
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After you have finished your mind map, you are
ready to start writing your summary paragraph.

• Start by writing your introduction sentence
  about your topic presented in the center box of
  your mind map. To start the body of your
  paragraph, use a yellow detail from your mind
  map. If that yellow bubble had a red specific
  connected to it, you follow the yellow with the
  red specific detail. You may even have more than
  one red detail to explain. Next, provide another
  yellow detail from your mind map. If the last
  yellow had no red specific detail connected to
  it, you may finish with your last yellow detail.
  Include any red examples or further details
  connected to the last detail you wrote about. To
  conclude, wrap up your paragraph by restating
  your topic in a conclusion sentence.

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Congratulations!

• You have just learned how to take Cornell Notes
  which have been proven to be a successful
  strategy for learning.

The reasons for this success include

• Writing of the Information

• Review of the Important Terms

• Restructuring Information into a New Format

• Summarizing Into Your Own Words

This process should help you learn and understand
the content! Make sure you review this Powerpoint
presentation if you forget any part of this
process throughout the year!