The document discusses different stages and methods of effective note taking. It outlines the beginning, middle, and end stages of note taking, with an emphasis on building knowledge at the beginning and fact checking at the end. It also describes the two-column note taking method, with facts and information in one column and thoughts and questions in the other. The document provides examples of text codes to annotate notes and an example applying two-column notes to a passage about the Super Bowl.
2. Stages of Note Taking
Beginning
Building a foundation of knowledge
Basic info
Lots of reading!!
Middle
After
basic knowledge
Specific Info
End
Fact checking
3. Two-Column Notes
Essential Question: Always begin with a question in mind!!
Notes Thinking
Facts Your thoughts
Information Your questions
Statistics Your realizations
Stories
Found directly in
text
4. Text Codes
Use codes to react to your notes
Examples:
? = question
?? = confusion
= connection; cause/effect
= important info
5. Example
On Sunday, February 5th, the two teams you see here will face
each other in the biggest game of the NFL season, the Super Bowl.
The Giants’ home stadium isn’t in New York; it’s in New Jersey. The
Super Bowl is always given a Roman numeral instead of a
number, and this year it is Super Bowl XLVI.
This year’s game will be played in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a
re-match of the 2008 Super Bowl, when these teams faced also
faced each other. The two teams have the same head coaches and
same starting quarterbacks now that they had then. New York’s
coach is Tom Coughlin and New England’s coach is Bill Belichick.
The Patriots have a much better regular season record than the
Giants this year. The Patriots won 13 games and lost 3, while the
Giants won 9 games and lost 7. But none of that matters —
whichever team wins will be the NFL’s champion. Almost as much
attention is paid to the half-time show and the commercials as to the
game itself.
6. Example
How are sports important to American culture?
Notes Thinking
Super bowl is the Why don’t Giants
biggest game of NFL
season. play in NY?
NY Giants play in New How do they decide
Jersey
Use roman numerals where it’s played?
This year it’s in Wow!
Indianapolis
Rematch of 2008
Much attn paid to
commercial