LESSON FOUR: Putting it all Together

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students take notes and summarize information. MAP Plus Model Curriculum alignment provides instruction for organizing notes through a graphic organizer at 9th grade, Cornell note-taking at 10th grade, and modified outline at 11th grade.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3B       Routinely use an appropriate method for note-taking

W3D       Write a multi-paragraph text that summarizes large amounts of information clearly and concisely

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Source of Literature

 

§         Supplies 

o        Samples of various note-taking methods (informal/formal outlines, webbing, graphing, SQRRR (Survey, Question, Read, Revise, Review), Cornell Method, or any other established method.

o        Overhead Projector

o        Score guide for formative assessment

 

§         Handouts provided

o        Note Taking Skills

o        Formative assessment for Lesson Four

 

§         Words to know

o        graphic organizer

o        note-taking

o        summarize

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

From the text given, students use an appropriate method of note-taking to summarize the material.  Scoring guide provided.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

  1. Students take the Note-Taking Skills Survey and discuss the results as a class.  

 

Idea 

Provide samples of various note-taking methods.

www.factmonster.com is a good source for this type of information. At the FactMonster website, click on “wordwise” then click on “more” then click “Latin and Greek Word Element.”

 

Idea 

Internet note-taking sources:

www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html

www.factmonster.com/homework/studyskills2.html

www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/ss_notetaking.html

 

Strategy

When reviewing the various note-taking methods, focus on the following:

 

appearance: use of white space, abbreviations, symbols for the points, and margins

content: focus on the need to include all main points, only main points, and original wording. Make sure to identify topic sentence, headings, graphs, etc.

 

Strategy

Anticipated questions from students

How do I know what is important to record in my notes and to include in my summary?

What is the value of notes?

What kind of note taking is best?

 

Question

for

students

What do you notice about the format of different examples of note-taking methods?

 

  1. Students review a summary from a text to model the criteria under “content” from that sample.

 

Questions

for

Students

From your reading, what do you see as the main points?

Which part of the text would contain the main idea?

How can you group or organize these main ideas?

 

  1. Students create a method for using symbols to signify headings and subheadings in their notes. Note: the text may be either fiction or nonfiction but should contain multiple paragraphs.  

 

Idea 

If time allows, a good activity for closure includes having students prepare a brief pamphlet entitled “Note-taking and Summarizing for Dummies” that list steps for the proper process of taking notes and summarizing.