Ashley+Powell+-+Summarizing+and+Note+Taking

//**Summarizing and Note Taking **//



==== **What is Summarizing and Note Taking?**  ==== -Summarizing is stating a brief statement of a story that includes its main points in a concise way. This means only picking out the important parts of a story. **Example: " He gave a summary of the conclusions"** **-**Note taking similar to summarizing because students take what they have learned and synthesize it into their own words. Note taking is a way to organize information and can be used as study guide for test. The more notes that are taking there is a stronger possibility of passing a test. ====**Tips for Summarizing: ** ==== ====**﻿ ﻿ ** ==== 1. Delete unimportant information. 2. Delete repeated information. 3. Substitute easy words for lists of items. 4. Add a series of events with an easy action term. 5. Select a topic. 6. Invent a topic sentence if there is not one. media type="youtube" key="iIyB1ffhBzM" height="390" width="480"

//**Types of Note Taking **// 

﻿- This is an example of cornell note taking. A paper that is divided into two columns. The summarized main ideas go on the left and key words, understanding, and questions go on the left. At the bottom is where students summarize what they have learned.



<span style="color: #f4660b; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿- This is an example of a KWL chart. This is anothet type of effective note taking. A piece of paper is divided into three <span style="color: #f4660b; font-family: Georgia,serif;">columns. The first column (K) is what you know about a topic, the second column (W) is what you want to learn, and <span style="color: #f4660b; font-family: Georgia,serif;">the third column (L) is what you learned.

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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿Shirley - I like the colors and the pictures, the examples are great. It is short sweet and to the point. The only suggestion I have is that the font is a little small a nd can get hard to read with the colors.
 * Diana- I like the organization, it is easy to read through i love the last video on Note taking tips, very helpful and easy to relate to.
 * Marissa- I love the fact that you have a lot of color when you first look at it, I think that really attracts a viewers attention. It was also very informative and not overwhelming with information. I also like the pictures that you have as examples.