Flyin' Frogs!

 

    

Double Column Notes

DAILY:

AFTER READING TEXT OR TAKING NOTES, WRITE QUESTIONS IN LEFT COLUMN NEXT TO INFO THAT WOULD ANSWER QUESTION.

 

LOOK ONLY AT YOUR NOTES IN THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN WHEN WRITING THESE QUESTIONS.

 

REVIEW:

COVER UP THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN. 

(DO NOT MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO RECALL OR WRITE THE ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORDS.)

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE:

1. WRITE NOTES ON RIGHT SIDE.

    (Use Outline or Bullet Form… Not Sentences!)

2. LEAVE SOME SPACE TO ADD MATERIAL.

3. WRITE CLEARLY!

4. USE FEWEST WORDS POSSIBLE.

5. USE NUMBERING OR INDENTATIONS.

6. IF READING ASSIGNMENT:

a. DO A QUICK READ FIRST.

b.THEN WRITE THE 1st SECTION HEADING.

c. FIND MAIN IDEA OF THE 1st SECTION

    AND OUTLINE IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

d. ADD DETAILS SUPPORTING MAIN IDEA.

e. CONTINUE ON TO NEXT SECTION HDG.

 

WHEN TO USE:

1. RECORD THE MAIN POINTS OF READING.

2. NOTES FM POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS.

3. NOTES FROM VIDEO PRESENTATIONS.

4. WRITE QUESTIONS YOU NEED EXPLAINED 

    (From labs, reading assignments, homework, etc.)

5. CONCEPTS YOU HAVE FIGURED OUT!

    (So you remember them!)

6. LAB SUMMARIES.

    (How does the lab relate to our study topic?)

7. FORMULAE and EXAMPLE PROBLEMS.

    (Remember to include the units on examples!)

8. ADD PICTURES, DRAWINGS, DIAGRAMS!

9. ADD TABLES, GRAPHS AS NEEDED!