7. Did you know...
Taking effective notes can help students
raise their marks?
In research studies, students who
learned to take good notes raised their
marks -- 34 percentile!
8. Did you know...
Taking effective notes can help students
raise their marks?
In research studies, students who
learned to take good notes raised their
marks -- 34 percentile!
Learning to take good notes is one of the
most effective things you can do to
become a better learner.
9. And. . .
Note making is one of the
essential learnings
for this course
10. What is a Notebook?
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio -- all of your notes
and class work in one convenient spot!
11. Why use this format?
Writing down lecture
notes does not mean
that you have learned
the information.
12. Why use this format?
• You must actively do something with the
information before you really understand
it. Note-taking becomes an active process.
13. Why use this format?
• You will organize as you learn. You will
record ideas about every activity you
engage in.
• You will use organizational techniques
such as topic headings, coloured
highlights, and different writing styles
to synthesize concepts.
14. Why use this format?
• It gives you permission to be playful and
creative in your responses without
"messing up" your notes. When you are
creative, you will remember more.
15. Why use this format?
• It helps me as a teacher to see how much
you understand and to adjust my
teaching to give you what you need.
16. Bottom line
It will serve as a portfolio, showing
everything you have done over the course
of the semester.
You will have the best study guide for
Ms. Arseneault’s English class right in
your hands at exam time!
17. Okay, so what’s the deal?
Divide the notebook into sections:
Table of contents
Course information
Reading
Writing
Notes
Vocabulary and Literary Terms
18. Table of Contents
Front of your notebook
Update on a daily basis
Your “Note” pages will be numbered to
correlate with the ToC
22. Writer’s Notebook:
A “Hilroy” type of notebook
It must have holes for the binder
Contains your “Quick Writes” and other
experimentation with writing strategies
24. Double-sided Notes
Left Side Right Side
Student Teacher
processes provides notes
what is on or handout, or
the right student takes
side notes on a
text or lecture
26. Notebook pages:
Sept 7, 2010 3 Sept. 7, 2010 4
“The Lottery”
Reduce In this space, record
Reflect everything that you
Recap can write down!
Reformulate
Left Right
29. Maintaining your notebook:
No doodling that does not relate to notes
Contains only English work (no other
classes!)
30. Maintaining your notebook:
No doodling that does not relate to notes
Contains only English work (no other
classes!)
Date each page and date and number
each page in the “Notes” section
31. Maintaining your notebook:
No doodling that does not relate to notes
Contains only English work (no other
classes!)
Date each page and date and number
each page in the “Notes” section
Make sure each page is in its proper
section
35. Evaluation
Your notebooks will be checked periodically.
At times, I will spot check your notebooks and give you
instant feedback.
36. Evaluation
Your notebooks will be checked periodically.
At times, I will spot check your notebooks and give you
instant feedback.
Other times, I will grade your notebooks on
thoroughness, quality and accuracy of work,
organization, and visual appeal.
37. Evaluation
Your notebooks will be checked periodically.
At times, I will spot check your notebooks and give you
instant feedback.
Other times, I will grade your notebooks on
thoroughness, quality and accuracy of work,
organization, and visual appeal.
Every assignment should be complete and neat.
38. Evaluation
Your notebooks will be checked periodically.
At times, I will spot check your notebooks and give you
instant feedback.
Other times, I will grade your notebooks on
thoroughness, quality and accuracy of work,
organization, and visual appeal.
Every assignment should be complete and neat.
Your artistic or creative touch should be visible
throughout the notebook. Use colour, pictures, and
diagrams in order to reinforce class materials.
39. Evaluation
Your notebooks will be checked periodically.
At times, I will spot check your notebooks and give you
instant feedback.
Other times, I will grade your notebooks on
thoroughness, quality and accuracy of work,
organization, and visual appeal.
Every assignment should be complete and neat.
Your artistic or creative touch should be visible
throughout the notebook. Use colour, pictures, and
diagrams in order to reinforce class materials.
You will also be evaluating your notebooks.
40. This is an
example from a
Grade 9 English
class. The
teacher recopied
the notes onto
typewriter paper
for clarity.
