AVID

CORNELL NOTE-TAKING

WHAT IS AVID?

ADVANCEMENT

VIA

INDIVIDUAL

DETERMINATION

WHY?The mission of AVID is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students

for college readiness and success in a global society.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why are Cornell notes effective?

WICOR

RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES

WRITING INQUIRY

COLLABORATION

ORGANIZATION READING

WRITING

• Cornell Note-taking• Learning Logs• Quickwrites & Reflections• Process Writing• Peer Evaluation• Authentic Writing

INQUIRY• Skilled Questioning Techniques• Costa’s Levels of Thinking• Socratic Seminar• Investigations• Tutorials

COLLABORATION• Socratic Seminar• Philosophical Chairs• Tutorials• Service Learning• Peer Editing

ORGANIZATION• Binders & Organizational Tools• Calendars, Planners, and Agendas• Graphic Organizers• Cornell Note-taking• Tutorials and Study Groups

READINGDeep Reading Strategies• Learning & Retaining Academic

vocabulary• Marking the Text• Writing in the Margins• Charting the Text• Responding and Summarizing

the Text• Utilizing Sentence Starters and

Templates

AVID Handouts

1. CORNELL WAY2. CORNELL Notes

Template3. CORNELL Notes Rubric4. Cornell Notes

Checklist

WHY CORNELL NOTES?

(Video)

HOW DO I SET UP

CORNELL NOTES?

CCreate Format

OOrganize Notes

RReview/Revise

NNote Key Ideas

EExchange Ideas

LLink Learning

LLearning Tool

Sample Cornell Notes

(Elmo)

How is AVID preparing us for college?

Thank You!

Happy Cornell Note-

taking!