Cornell Notes: The key to Tutorials

1. July 19th, 2010Daily Goal: IWBAT list the 10 steps to Tutorials. Homework: Summarization Pyramid Dispatch: Write a reflection on everything new you have learned about Cornell Notes and whether you think they are useful or not.

2. Cornell Notes: The key to Tutorials • Purpose • To use your peers, tutors, and teacher’s knowledge to help you understand the subjects you are having trouble with. • Learn how to navigate through a problem using inquiry. **dictionary check** • Inquiry means investigating through questioning, so using questions to find answers.

3. Let’s see it in action • `

4. 10 Steps to Tutorials • You and your group will get an envelope with 10 pictures and 10 detailed steps for Tutorials. • You guys will need to collaborate to put them in order.

5. Tutorial Cornell Notes: • Draw your own picture timeline of Tutorials. • (Each picture must be your own and has to have a description explaining what happened to it.)

6. July 20th, 2010Daily goal: IWBAT summarize the roles of everyone in tutorials. Homework: Finish summary of tutorial chart. • Dispatch: Why would it be important to take Cornell Notes during Tutorials?

7. The 10 steps in Action • Let’s watch the AVID video of the 10 steps of Tutorials and identify what each person should be doing; the student, the tutor, and the group. • While watching it take down a couple key points during those steps.

8. Focus on Steps 1-3 • Reminder: What are the 1st 3 steps? • Instead of deciding on different groups every time we are going to use our grades to tell us which tutorial group would be best for our improvement. • Read and fill out how to calculate your G.P.A. and answer the analysis questions.

9. Based on this info….. • Which subject should you be in for tutorials? • Who should you not be in a group with?

10. July 16, 2009Daily Goal: IWBAT IWBAT analyze which tutorial group to be in. Homework: Write a reflection about today’s tutorials. • Dispatch: Fill out your name and date on the Grade Analysis sheet and read through the instructions and questions.

11. July 17th, 2009IWBAT use inquiry to solve a problem. Homework: Tutorial Reflection • Dispatch: Weekly Learning log • Topic: Explain one thing you learned from that class. Act like your talking to a 5th grader. • For example: In history the word tyrant means a leader who has all control and does not let the people be involved in any decision making. Some of the colonists believed King George was a tyrant.

12. What do you do during tutorials? 1. Take Cornell Notes: Group members’ questions on left, notes on right. 2. Give lots of questions to the presenter to push them to find the right answer. YOU MAY NOT GIVE THEM THE ANSWER!! 3. Have a positive attitude and respect your classmates. Participation and attitude count!!

13. July 20th, 2009Daily Goal: IWBAT to evaluate a tutorial presenter. Homework: Let’s Collaborate Reflection Dispatch: What is the meaning of the word inquiry? • Describe it as best as possible and give an example of someone using inquiry to solve a problem.

14. Tutorial Checklists • Read over the presenter checklist and then see if Itzel follows these things. • **DO NOT WRITE ON THE FORM • Now let’s use the group member checklist to check out Matt’s tutorial group and see if they are effective group members.

15. Let’s Collaborate!!! • We are going to practice tutorials and get the room setup and then you guys are going to actually to solve some problems together through inquiry. • You will have the answer to someone else’s question but you will not be able to give it to them you must keep asking them questions to push them to find the answer.

16. Tutorial Reflection • Write a 5 sentence reflection about today’s tutorial experience..make sure to include details about the problems that were solved, who was the most helpful, what you still didn’t understand, and how well you participated.

17. July 21st, 2009Daily Goal: IWBAT explain the parts of the TRF. Homework: Write two questions for Tutorials. • Dispatch: Read through the Tutorial Request Form and highlight the important things in each column. Write any questions you have on the back.

18. Break it Down • You and your tutorial group are going to become experts on one section of the rubric and make a poster to explain it to your classmates.

19. Poster Requirements • Must have Title of section of rubric. • Must have a picture example and explanation of how to get a 5. • Must have a smaller explanation of what would get a 4 or a 3 and then what would get a 0. • Majority of the poster should be dedicated to the 5 point sample.

20. TRF Gallery Walk • Setup your piece of paper so you have a section for each category type and you can explain a 5pt, 3pt, and 0 pt paper. • Ex: Questions: 5pts: 4 pts: 3pts: 0 pts:

21. Keys to a good tutorial!! • You must keep asking questions that will help the person find the answer themselves. • You may not just give away the answer!!!!! • At the end the presenter decides on the final solution.

22. Let’s Practice • Let’s say I am having trouble in Basketball class. • So, I bring the following question to tutorials: • Why would the Lakers choose to add Ron Artest to the team after they won a championship with the team they have now?

23. Your Turn • We have 5 different classes for you to struggle in: • 1. Spongebob Squarepants • 2. Skateboarding • 3. PS2 • 4. Hip-Hop/Rap • 5. Summer Movies.

24. Dispatch: • Work with your partner on the Moving on Up handout. Turn the level 1 questions into level 2 and 3 questions.

25. Back to tutorials: You bring the questions, together we find the answers! • All questions must be Level 2 or higher.

26. Tutorial Quick ReviewAnswer the questions below. • 1. What is the purpose of tutorials? • 2. What are your responsibilities during tutorials? • 3. What kinds of questions are you going to bring? • 4. Do you ever just give the answer to a person in your group? Why or why not?

27. Just asking questions is hard, especially when you know the answer. • To show this we are going to get into groups of 6 and everyone is going to be given a question they have to answer and the answer to someone else’s question. • You must keep giving questions that • Will get the person closer to the answer on their own.

28. Let’s Practice • Look at the items below:

29. The Apple and Orange • Let’s make example questions: • Lower level: Basic Info • 1) What color is the apple? • 2) what shape is the orange?

30. The Apple and Orange • Higher level: Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation • 1)Analysis: What are 3 differences between the apple and orange? • 2) Synthesis: If you were going to create a new fruit that was going to be a combo between an apple and orange, what would it look and taste like?

31. Name that Question Level Look at the picture and the questions that follow and identify which level of question each one is: Are those the best colors to use for a picture about an ocean, why or why not? 2. Who gave Susan the art set? 3. Compare this art set to the one we use in class.