LESSON FIVE: Note taking and organizational skills – part two

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students develop note taking and organizational skills.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3B       Record and organize relevant information using a variety of note-taking and organizational strategies from oral presentations and written text.

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature 

 

§         Supplies 

o        Chart paper

 

§         Handouts provided

o        None

 

§         Words to Know

o        organizational strategy

o        note-taking

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Students will create a web using the notes recorded in Lesson Four.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

  1. In small groups, ask students to find reasons to take different types of notes. Have each group present its findings.

 

  1. Model how to take an outline and create a web. Use notes used in Lesson Four.

 

Questions

for

Students

What is the big, central idea and where do we put it?

Where would we put the key words?

Where do we put the information?

 

  1. Using the notes from Lesson Four, students put the notes in a web format on chart paper. After presenting to the class, the teacher leads a discussion to determine similarities and differences between the groups.