Note-taking Strategies: Introducing Outlining with Scrible
In this lesson, students will learn efficient note-taking strategies, explicitly focusing on outlining as a dynamic method to organize notes. Using Scrible, students will transform notes from readings and/or lectures into structured outlines, enhancing their study efficiency and information retention.
This lesson will empower students to enhance their note-taking strategies, using Scrible's outlining tools to improve their academic performance and mastery of the material.
Objective: Students will learn to use Scrible to create structured outlines from their notes, improving organization and study efficiency.
Learning Outcome: Students can convert their notes into organized outlines, aiding in better comprehension and retention of the material.
Step 1 - Introduction to Outlining:
Outlining helps students organize information hierarchically, making understanding relationships between concepts and details easier.
Activity: Introduce the concept of outlining, demonstrating how it can structure notes into main topics, subtopics, and details. Feel free to share this Simple Outline template and a copy of these Sample Biology Lecture Notes for Outlining Practice with your students.
Step 2 - Outlining with Scrible:
Scrible's tools enable students to visually organize their notes, fostering a better understanding of the material.
Activity: Show students how to use Scrible’s Outline feature to transform their notes from a recent reading assignment or lecture into a clear, hierarchical outline.
Step 3 - Organizing Notes:
Organizing notes into outlines can help students identify key concepts and supporting details, improving their study and review processes.
Activity: Students will identify the main ideas and details in their notes and use Scrible to create an outline, categorizing information effectively.
Step 4 - Review and Revision:
Reviewing and refining outlines can enhance understanding and memory retention.
Activity: Students will review their outlines, ensuring that the information is correctly categorized and comprehensively covered, making revisions as necessary.
Step 5 - Application in Study:
Applying outlining in regular study habits can transform note-taking and learning efficiency.
Activity: Encourage students to use their outlines as a study guide, reviewing them to prepare for an upcoming quiz or discussion.
Standards Alignment*:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
*If your school or district references standards other than Common Core for writing, please contact us, and our team can provide the Scrible standard alignment for your standards.