The document provides instructions for using the Cornell Notes note-taking method. It explains that the page should be divided into three sections - a narrow left column for questions and keywords, a wider right column for notes, and a summary/questions section at the bottom. Key aspects of the Cornell Notes system are highlighted such as writing the topic, date, and key ideas in the notes, using symbols to emphasize important points, and reviewing and developing questions about the notes.

1. The CILT Way

2. Name
Class
Cornell Notes Period
Date
• Write your name, class, period, and
date in the upper right hand corner
(see above).
• Write the topic of the notes (ex.
WWII, Cells, Nouns, etc.) on the top
Left side line

3. Name
Cornell Notes Class
Period
Date
• Page setup • Draw a horizontal line about
five lines up from the
bottom.
• Draw a vertical line down
the page about one third of
distance from the left.

4. Name
Class
Cornell Notes Period
Date
Key words & ideas
•
• Main Idea
•
Important dates/people/places
• Key
Question • Repeated/Stressed Info
Ideas/brainstorming written on
(after notes •
are board / overhead projector
completed)
• Info from textbook/stories
• Diagrams & Pictures
• Formulas

5. Name
SAMPLE Class
Period
For English Date
• What is a • Noun - person, place, thing,
noun? idea
• What are • Types - concrete & abstract
the two • concrete - taste, touch, smell,
types of see
nouns?
• abstract - ideas (emotions)
• What is a • compound - two or more words
compound combined to create one thing;
noun? ex: fireman, bedroom

6. Name
Class
Cornell Notes Period
Date
• Helpful • Abbrev. , Paraphrase.
Hints for • Use symbols (arrows, circles,
Straight A underlining) or highlighting to
Notes
emphasize important ideas
and relationships.
• Skip lines between ideas.
• Within 24 hours, review
notes and develop study
questions on the left side.
• Be aware of teacher clues.*

7. Name
Class
Teacher Clues Period
Date
• How do I • Repetition or stressed
know if inflection
what the • Voice gets louder/softer
or faster/slower
teacher • Writing on the board or
says is overhead
important? • “This will be on the test.”
• Gestures (hand/arm
movements)
• “This is important.”

8. Name
So, what about the Class
Period
bottom of my paper? Date
What • Summary - review notes as
soon as possible after class
belongs in and write a summary in your
the bottom own words about the main
space? ideas. Are there any gaps
in your understanding? (see
next point)
• Questions for the teacher.
• Doodles - down here they
won’t get in the way of the
important stuff.
Summary, questions, doodles

9. Abbreviation Exercise
Abbreviate the following lines
so they still make sense
• Hippocrates, a Greek who is
considered to be the Father of
Medicine, was born on the island of
Cos in 460 B.C.
• George Washington was not, in a
sense, America’s first president.
• Mark Twain fell in love with Olivia
Langdon. They married in 1870 and
moved to Hartford, Connecticut.

10. Name
Abbreviation Exercise Class
Period
Answers Date
• Hippocrates (Gr.) Father of
Med b.Cos 460B.C
• G. Wash. Not Am’s 1st
Pres.?
• Twain - Olivia Langdon
m. 1870 to Hart Conn