Note-Making

**﻿ Activity 3.1: Opener**
 * 1) What are the qualities of good note-making? Good note-making consists of writing down the main idea, most important supporting details, key terms, and then any comments, connections, and questions of your own.
 * 2) Why do you think good note-making is widely considered a standard for success in AP classes? I think that good note-making is a standard for success in AP classes because in AP classes there is a lot of college level reading to be finished every night and in order to make sure that you have gotten the most important details out of the reading, you must take good notes.

**Activity 3.2: Note-Making Essentials**
 * 1) Review your previewing notes and use those thoughts to guide you
 * 2) Break reading into smaller, manageable chunks, maybe based on the headings in the text
 * 3) Write notes only after reading through a portion of the reading (a "chunk")
 * 4) Paraphrase the most important information from each chunk
 * 5) Add the most important details
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">Make connections to other history that you have learned or current events
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep track of<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;"> important vocabulary
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">Ask questions and try to <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">answer them
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">Write the main ideas, in your own words, from each subtopic and one for the overall topic of the reading

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Activity 3.3:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">-When I read about charisma I thought of my aunt, she has a charm that makes everyone love her and you can listen to her talk for hours. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">-When thinking about a person I know that has chutzpah, I think of anyone that has made a big difference in the world. For example, Rosa Parks. She took a risk that got her in trouble but it did make a difference and for that she has chutzpah. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">-A person I know that possesses the joy of living would be my grandmother because she is always smiling and the smallest things make her happy. It is this happiness that causes other people to be happy when they are around her. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Questions: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- How can someone have both grace and chutzpah? <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Do you have to have all of these factors to be successful? I think that you do not have to have all of these qualities to be successful, just one or two will get you far. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Vocabulary: <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Laureate - Someone honored for great achievements. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Equanimity - Steadiness of mind under stress. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Charisma - A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Chutzpah - Unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Joie de Vivre - The joy of living. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Exuberence - Joyful enthusiasm <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Sources for vocabulary: [|www.vocabulary.com] and <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|en|%5C]) || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Introduction** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**MI:** Charisma, chutzpah, joie de vivre, and grace are the four x-factors of success. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Most successful people possess these qualities. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Some of these qualities you are born with, and others you can develop. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charisma: The Spellbinders ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charisma is most important to success and has to do with good communication skills, self-confidence, and eloquence. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Charismatic people have a certain charm that brings you towards them and makes you feel comfortable. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: You can develop a little bit of charisma over time but most charismatic people were born that way. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chutzpah: Oh, The Nerve ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chutzpah is the act of having an idea, knowing that idea is important, and doing what it takes to put the idea into action. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: People with chutzpah are willing to take risks. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Chutzpah can be achieved if you are willing to break boundaries and be aggressive. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Joie de Vivre: The Day-Seizers ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The joy of living is just having daily exuberence and enthusiasm at everything that goes on. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Pure exuberence is something you are born with but it is also contagious. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: When someone around you is this joyful, it brightens up your day as well and the littlest things will make you happy. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Grace: Fierce Benevolence ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When you have grace, you have the same drive and passion as those with chutzpah, but you are a little more quiet about it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Grace can be achieved through meditation. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">++: Characteristics of this include wisdom and benevolence. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">CCQ's || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Topic: The X-Factors of Success ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Connections:

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Activity 3.4: Reflections on Note-Making**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you think of our note-making model? Your note-making model is similar to the way that I usually make notes and in my opinion, it is the simplest and easiest way to make notes.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did our instructions help you better understand how to make notes? Yes, they helped me think of the most important parts of note-making and I had a base to follow when I was trying to make my own notes.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you feel that after using these note-making strategies you have a better understanding of the text than if you had just read it? Why or why not? Yes, if I had just read the text, I would have only remembered a small chunk of it. With these note-making strategies I understood the text to the best of my ability and was able to respond to it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Which of the Note-Making Essentials did you struggle the most with? Why? I struggled with finding the main ideas because when you have a large chunk of information it is sometimes hard to figure out what is the main idea.