jot+note+template


 * Jot Note Taking **

Research Topic: ­­


 * ** Information from source ** || ** Re-done in own words ** ||

** Assessing Notes **

** 1 ** || ** Competent ** ** 3 ** || ** Well Developed ** ** 5 ** ||
 * || ** Underdeveloped **
 * ** Relevant to topic ** || Very few relevant ideas and many irrelevant ideas identified.  ||  Many relevant ideas and several irrelevant ideas are identified.  ||  Almost all the relevant ideas and no irrelevant ideas are identified.  ||
 * ** Clear and understandable ** || Very few of the noted would make sense to someone reading them.  ||  About half of the notes are expressed clearly and with enough detail to be understandable.  ||  All of the notes are expressed clearly and with enough detail to be understandable.  ||
 * ** Brief and in point form ** || Almost all the notes are too long.  ||  About half of the notes could be shortened without any loss of meaning.  ||  All of the notes are written in very brief phrases.  ||
 * ** In student’s own words ** || Almost all of the notes are copied exactly from the text.  ||  About half of the notes are copied exactly from the text.  ||  Everywhere appropriate, notes are in student’s own words.  ||


 * Critical thinking across the curriculum Emily Carr School, Sept. 20, 2004 Copyright Roland Case, 2004 **

Jot Notes: (Mr. Thiessen)


 * 1) skim/scan content
 * 2) look for main headings and topic sentences
 * 3) look for bold print, italics and underlining
 * 4) look for wummaries or questions
 * 5) highlight what we find