NOTE-TAKING

ACTIVITY 3.1 OPENER

Gets important information, understanding text, making connections, comments, asking questions, and summarizing AP work is partially independent so you have to make sure you understand as much as you can because it is a college level class. Also it will help you remember important information instead of having to read a huge amount of text all over again.
 * What are the qualities of good note-making?
 * Why do you think good note-making is widely considered a standard for success in AP classes?

ACTIVITY 3.2 NOTE MAKING ESSENTIALS.


 * Review your previewing notes and use those thoughts to guide you
 * Break reading into smaller, manageable chunks, maybe based on the headings in the text
 * Write notes only after reading through a portion of the reading (a "chunk")
 * Paraphrase the most important information from each chunk
 * Add the most important details
 * Make connections to other history that you have learned or current events
 * Keep track of important vocabulary
 * Ask questions and try to answer them
 * Write the main ideas, in your own words, from each subtopic and one for the overall topic of the reading

ACTIVITY 3.3

ACTIVITY 3.4 REFLECTION ON NOTE-MAKING

I think the note making model was easy to follow and understand. It was specific, and to the point. yes, the instructions help rule out what is important, what I should focus on, and it helped to break the reading into chunks it didn't seem as long.
 * What do you think of our note-making model?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did our instructions help you better understand how to make notes?

I do feel like I have a better understanding because I stop, think about what I am reading, then write it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you feel that after using these note-making strategies you have a better understanding of the text than if you had just read it? Why or why not?

I struggled with choosing the detail to add, because I found it hard to choose which one would support my main idea better.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which of the Note-Making Essentials did you struggle the most with? Why?