Note-making

Activity 3.1: Opener

What are the qualities of good note-making?


 * thoughtful CCQs
 * Questions & answering them later on
 * Main idea
 * important details/facts
 * In a readable format & you're able to find what you need

Why do you think good note-making is widely considered a standard for success in AP classes?
 * I think that because we do a lot of heavy reading in AP classes, it's important to keep good notes for papers, tests, quizzes, ect.

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) Make connections to other history that you have learned or current events
 * 7) Keep track of important vocabulary
 * 8) Ask questions and try to answer them
 * 9) Write the main ideas, in your own words, from each subtopic and one for the overall topic of the reading

Activity 3.3: Making Notes for Independent Understanding


 * CCQ’s || Topic: The X-Factors of Success ||
 * +I think that people vote for presidents based on these 4 “x-factors,” especially charisma, since everyone is more attracted to those who have it.

+ Like how celebrities & public figures have voice, acting, ect coaches to perfect their skills, can you learn any of the 4 x-factors? I think that it’s more easier if you’re “born with it,” because it might feel more natural. If you were taught these x-factors, maybe it would feel more fake.

+Oprah & Obama used time, rhythm, & repetition when they’re giving speeches. It makes the speech more dramatic and the constant pausing makes the crowd want to know what he/she is saying.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+It’s important to be charismatic, but is it important as having the real skill? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think that charisma reels people into thinking that you’re like a brilliant creation.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Many actors (especially leads)/singers/leaders/ect must have charismatic to grab the audience’s attention.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+I think it’s great that people with chutzpah are able to question authority and break away to do what they believe is right. It sounds like the quality of an entrepreneur. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Risk-seekers like stock holders/investors?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+I generally like being around people who actually enjoy life, instead of being depressed all the time.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Q: people who are opposite of joie de vivre, and try to commit suicide.. is it normal? I can’t think of any other animal that will purposely kill itself.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+These people are like social butterflies. This characteristic is very important for social networking, which is important for meeting diff. people & maybe getting a great opportunity.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+It’s important to show others that you’re graceful & humble, rather than snotty or rude.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+I thought grace also meant how you move/walk and elegance, beauty, expression. Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly are very graceful legends. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: +Charisma, chutzpah, joie de vivre, & grace are the 4 x-factors that makes someone stand apart from the others. These characteristics are easily found in admirable people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Some of these attributes have a darker side. ex; Both tyrants & revolutionary hero have charismaa.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+ ^ These qualities don’t always garentee success, but it’s found in many successful people

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CHARISMA: The Spellbinders
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: charisma attracts and binds people to you.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+JFK & Clinton were charismatic presidents in the eyes of the public. JKF was “inspiring and magnetic” & Clinton gained your immediate attention.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Charisma is a rare quality. People who have it are “brilliant communicators.”

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Charisma drags people into the palm of your hands. A charismatic leader is like a “bonding agent.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charismatic people naturally attract others. Like Oprah, who uses time, repetition, & rhythm to control her audiencee.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Although companies look for charismatic CEOs, studies show that they only boost company stock prices for a short period of time. This shows that charisma usually has to do with the image, not ability.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CHUTZPAH: Oh, The Nerve
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: Chutzpah can be called the audacity principal. Someone who crosses social norms & challenges something.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Risk-seekers are more likely to have chutzpah.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Unlike charisma, even wallflowers can gain chutzpah (with proper support)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JOIE DE VIVRE: The Day-Seizers
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: People w/ joie de vivre are very lively & joyful. They’re passionate & fun to be around. They’re not always very joyful, but can be very responsive to the environment around them.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+This characteristic can be found in babies as young as 4 months old. This characteristic doesn’t dwindle away with age, like shyness, & is very stable.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Social interaction is more rewarding, results to wanting to meet new people & connecting with them.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GRACE: Fierce Benevolence
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MI: Grace is a quieter x-factor, passionate & driven like the rest, but doesn’t stir up the annoyance/suspicion we can feel towards bolder people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+Grace can be found in wisdom and benevolence. -> warm & compassionate we see as grace

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">+A key factor to grace is equanimity -> ability to accept life’s hardships ||

Activity 3.4: Reflections on Note-Making

What do you think of our note-making model? I really do like it. It's the same model I've always used, so it isn't something new or something I can't handle.

Did our instructions help you better understand how to make notes? Yes, it refreshed my memory. It's like a guide of everything I should think of. I really liked reading chunks and putting in the most important details, instead of reading the whole thing & going back. This way, I can focus on one section and it's notes/ccqs.

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? Well, I've always used this model & I think that I would've rather liked to learn some newer things. I think that reading/taking notes chunk by chunk helped me the most, because I'm not overloading my brain with a ton of information.

Which of the Note-Making Essentials did you struggle the most with? Why? I struggled with the CCQs, because sometimes I can't really connect with the reading, or I'm not sure what to think of it. I also sometimes need to read it a couple of times and think carefully about what I'm actually reading, & what point the author is trying to get across.