LESSON FIVE: Note-taking and Organizational Strategies
LESSON DESCRIPTION
Students record and organize relevant information using a variety of note-taking methods and organizational strategies.
GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
W3B Use a variety of note-taking methods to organize information.
IL1 Record relevant information using a variety of note-taking and organizational strategies
LESSON MATERIALS
§ Source of Literature
o None
§ Supplies
§ Handouts provided
o Lesson Five Formative Assessment
§ Words to know
o note-taking
Given a different nonfiction article, students select a note-taking strategy and create an informal outline, webbing or combination showing detailed notes from a passage. Scoring guide provided.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. In small groups, students name different types of note-taking methods or graphic organizes they remember using. Ask a representative from each group to add examples (until a master list has been completed).
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Questions for Students |
What is the purpose of notes? What are different ways to take notes and organize information? Are some ways better than others? If so, how? When? |
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Ideas |
The following definitions are from the Glossary of Terms: Communication Arts Grade-Level Expectations: § Note-taking: use of a system (e.g., graphic organizer) to summarize concepts and ideas presented in print, verbal, and nonverbal communications. § Organizational strategy: a means of structuring ideas and/or information; use of graphic organizers. |
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Ideas |
Online note-taking and organizational strategy websites with research-based reading strategies: http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/cerebralflatulence.html |
2. Model how to take notes (informal outline, webbing, and a combination of the two) from a nonfiction article.
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Questions for Students |
Do your notes look like mine? Were there ways you would have liked to have taken notes differently? Was this the best way to organize the information given? |
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Strategy |
Pass out partial notes of the passage for students to complete After completion of notes, lead the class in a discussion of problems or questions. |
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Strategy |
Note-taking: use of a system (e.g., graphic organizer) to summarize concepts and ideas presented in print, verbal, and nonverbal communications
Organizational Strategy: a means of structuring ideas and /or information; use of graphic organizers |
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Idea |
Adapted and modified from Marzano, R., Norford, J., Payner, D., Pickering, D., & Gaddy, B. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievment (pages 46-48). Alexander, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. |
3. Given a short magazine article or textbook entry, students use cooperative learning structure to create an informal outline, webbing or combination on chart paper. After presenting to the class, lead a discussion to determine similarities and differences among groups.