The document describes the Modified Cornell Note Taking System for organizing lecture notes. It consists of a record column on the right for writing main ideas and details, and a question column on the left for writing questions about the notes. After class, questions are written in the question column corresponding to the notes. Later, the questions can be answered without looking at the notes to help with memory retention. The system promotes relating ideas, leaving space for additions, and reviewing notes weekly.

1. THE MODIFIED CORNELL NOTE TAKING SYSTEM

7. Example Here is the text. In the “ Legend of Sleepy Hollow, ” there are four main characters – including one that may mat really exist. The first and most important character is Ichabod Crane. He is an ambitious schoolteacher, who hopes to marry the second character, Katrina Van Tassel. Katrina is the handsome daughter of a wealthy farmer. The third character is Brom Bones. He is Ichabod’s rival for Katrinia, and he is also well known for his practical jokes. The fourth and final character is the frightening, ghostly figure of the Headless Horseman, who terrifies Ichabod into running away. But Irving strongly hints that this might simply be another of the characters in disguise.

13. The End! Laurie Miller | September 2010