Making your Cornell Notes 

To decide what information to put into your Cornell Notes while reading, you can follow these steps:

Title: At the top of your page, write the title of the text you're reading. This helps you remember what your notes are about.

Main Ideas: In the big right section, write down the main ideas of what you're reading. These are the big points that the text is trying to tell you. If you're reading a story, this could be the main events. If it's a science text, it might be the important facts or steps in a process.

Details: Under the main ideas, jot down details that support those ideas. These can be examples, facts, or even pictures that help explain the main idea better.

Keywords: In the skinny left column, write down keywords or questions. Keywords are special words that are really important to the text. They might be new words you need to learn or words that are used a lot in the text. Questions are ones that you think of while reading that you might need to answer later.

Summary: After you finish reading, use the bottom section to write a short summary. Try to use your own words to say what the main ideas and details were about. This helps you understand and remember the text better. Use the language function tool to write your summary (Click Here).

Remember, you don't need to write down everything—just the stuff that seems really important or things that you want to make sure you remember. It's like making a treasure map, where the main ideas are the big "X" marks the spot, the details are the steps to get there, and the keywords and questions are the clues you need to follow the map!