Notetaking is an important first step in understanding, recalling and using information to use in your assignment or essay.
Try the THIEVES method for thinking critically while taking notes from a chapter.
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Headings
Introduction
Every first sentence in a paragraph
Visuals and vocabulary
End of Chapter questions
Summary
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Graphic Organizers help you to process the new information you have found. They help you to make connections, compare and contrast, organize your thinking, create new meaning.
Graphic Organizers - Education Oasis - Over 60 organisers including Herringbone, Chain of events and Hierarchy charts
How to write good essays
From the Cult of Pedagogy comes a practical way to teach students how to annotate a text and for the gradual release of responsibility. Google Doc templates included.
Through this video learn about character development, setting the tone and mood, developing the plot and tension.
