Required Procedures for Study Notebooks, Text, & Lecture

1. Required Procedures for StudyNotebooks, Text, & Lecture

2. ReadingSome books are to be tasted,Others to be swallowed,And some few to be chewed and digested.Francis Bacon English statesman and philosopher, 16th century

3. Interactive Notebooks (INB) • Three-Ring Binders are required. • Do not use your three-ring binder for any other subject other than history! • You will keep a table of contents in your loose-leaf notebook. Each loose-leaf section or handout will be labeled and listed in your table of contents. • Dividers are important. For each unit of study, a divider should be used to separate the unit from the rest of your notebook. • Using your is part of the class requirement and and will count as part of your grade. INB

4. Your INB Your is THE place for notes, handouts, daily work, writing assignments and so forth. DO NOT USE YOUR TEXT FOR STORAGE OF ANY PAPERS. THE ONLY MATERIAL THAT CAN BE PLACED IN YOUR TEXT IS POST-IT NOTES!!!!! INB

5. Textbooks Textbooks are an invaluable source of information. Traditionally, most texts were “dry” and difficult to read. Today, texts have been adapted with the reader in mind and most are truly colorful works of art.

6. SEND Text Reading Survey the text Engagethe text Notes from the text Debrief your text notes

7. SEND Survey • DON’T READ!!!!!! • Skim over the pages • Look at the structure of the chapter • Look at headings, titles, subtitles • Look for summaries • Identify major themes/ideas

8. SEND Engage the textbook • Read one section at a time. • Write the key points in your OWN words on the right side of your notebook. • Use the Cornell Method of note-taking. (see handout)

9. Cornell Notes Debrief Questions you have on the notes Summary Statement • Text Notes • Key points, terms, people, ideas

10. Text /Cornell Notes Right Side SENDNote-Taking

11. Debrief the Notes Left Side Questions to Ask Summary Statement (Across the bottom) SENDDebrief

12. SEND Text Reading Survey the text Engagethe text Notes from the text Debrief your text notes

13. Lecture Note-Taking

14. Pitfalls Man, she/he is so cute What’s for lunch? Look what she/he is wearing! Blah, blah, blah when is this class over? Lunch-why do I have 3rd lunch? I am hungry! The Good Stuff Don’t write down every word you hear Write down only important points Always review what you have written before the next class Review, Review, Review your notes! Note-taking for Lectures

15. Recording your Notes Cornell Method Handout

16. Questions Key Points Outline of the lecture Summary statement Note-takingCornell Method

17. Note-taking Use Abbreviations Government gov Latin America LA Checking check Doubling dbg Psychology psych Water H20 Manager mng

18. Note-taking With w/ Within w/i Without w/o For example e.g. That is I.e. Because b/c Especially esp Versus vs

19. Note-taking Compare comp Definition def. Circa ca. In Reference to re Vocab. to look up vocab Treatment Rx Cross-reference XR Very vy See page pg#

20. Note-taking Picture Symbols Change Time and Dates Religion Law 

21. Note-taking Symbols And & At @ And so on . . . Yields/results in  Equals = Not Equal  Interesting Memorize this Repeated Info. ””

22. Note-taking Symbols Versus or against vs Quote “ 1,000 (thousand) k Approximately ~ Greater than > Less than < Question ? Therefore 

23. Note-taking Symbols Percent % In addition to  Increase  Decrease  Most Important  Between