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What is Note-taking?
Guiding Questions:
What is note-taking all about? Why bother taking notes?
Whate are the sub-skills of note-taking?
How are these sub-skills important in other aspects of education and life?
The Wright Family Activity
Everyone will recieve a token. The teacher will be telling a story about the Wright family. Everytime you hear right you pass your token to the person on your right, and everytime you hear left you pass your token to the person to the left.
Debrief:
How much of the story can you remember?
What does this activity tell us about communication?
What does this activity tell us about listening skills?
Video Stations Activity
You will be divided into three groups. Each group will be assigned a video and a series of activities to engage in throughout the video. After completing this activity you will be presenting your learning about your topic to the class.
Group #1
Group #2
Group #3
Exit Quiz:
You are to answer the following questions and submit them to the teacher:
1. What are notes?
2. Why is note-taking important in education and life?
3. What are two of the three sub-skills of note-taking?
4. Identify a verbal cue, body language cue, and action cue that some teachers/professors use to indicate if something is important in a lecture.
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