Cornell Cloze Notes
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Mini-Task
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Curriculum
Skill
Standards
RST.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
RST.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9—10 texts and topics.
RST.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.
RST.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9—10 texts and topics.
Prompt
- Look at the terms in the narrow column of the notes handout. These are the main ideas in the passage you are going to read.
- Scan the partial notes in the wide column on the right and predict the words that might be missing from the blanks.
- As you read the passage, look for the information that completes the notes and write that information in the appropriate blank.
- When you have read the passage and completed the notes, write a summary of the passage in the Summary section of the notes.
Scoring Guide
Instructional Strategies
- Lead students through a short PowerPoint on Cornell Notes.
- Explain that one way to learn to take Cornell Notes is to start with the Cloze process, which provides partial notes for the student and gives them an opportunity to fill in the blanks.
- Give students the handouts and ask them to follow the directions in the prompt above.
- Ask students to share their notes with a partner to see if they entered the same information in the blanks and come to consensus on the information that should be in the blanks.
- Ask for summaries from several students, and get suggestions on how to improve those summaries.
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