Structured Note-takingThis note-taking strategy provides students with a visual framework that helps students determine relevant and important information as they read and take notes. It is critical to find a graphic organizer that mimics the organizational pattern of the assigned text.
|
How do I use it?
1. Instruct students in the various organizational patterns authors use. Explain that understanding these patterns improves understanding of the text and also provides a structure for taking notes on the material.
2. Once the students are familiar with the different organizational patterns, model the process of structured note taking. Give students a short passage for which you have already created a graphic organizer, and walk them through how you would use it for note taking.
3. Have students read and fill in the graphic organizer and then share their completed organizer with partners. Have them explain why they included certain information and justifying its position on the organizer.
4. Continue to give students opportunities to take structured notes using different graphic organizers.
2. Once the students are familiar with the different organizational patterns, model the process of structured note taking. Give students a short passage for which you have already created a graphic organizer, and walk them through how you would use it for note taking.
3. Have students read and fill in the graphic organizer and then share their completed organizer with partners. Have them explain why they included certain information and justifying its position on the organizer.
4. Continue to give students opportunities to take structured notes using different graphic organizers.