Take Note! Mastering Effective Notetaking & Researching Skills in One Week

This one week/five-day course will help students with how to be a good notetaker, how to properly research a topic and steps to avoid plagiarism.  The classroom will be very interactive and activity-based.  I will provide a lesson framework for each class with a different topic.  

Class One: Learning How to Color Code Your Notes & Tips and Tricks for Good Notes - we will use a piece of text to practice choosing relevant details for notetaking
Class Two: Learning How to Shrink Your Notetaking - students will learn strategies to summarize quickly and "shrink down" their notes to manageable parts
Class Three: Shorthand & Quick Notes - we will look at how to take note in different ways to maximize retention of information
Class Four: Learning How to Take Notes as  Researcher - we will explore different graphic organizers and how to use them for notetaking
Class Five: Declaring Your Independence From Plagiarism - we will learn strategies to avoid plagiarism and practice putting text and information into our own words

Students will master many different options when it comes to notetaking and research, and get a lot of practice with each skill that is introduced.  I will use a quick PowerPoint for each session, a small video clip, and then we will work together to practice the skills.