Tips for taking letter classroom notes

Be Ready
Review your assigned reading and previous you’ve taken before class. Bring plenty of paper ad sharpen
pencil, and erasable pen or a pen that won’t skip or smudge. Write the class name, date and that day’s
topic at the top of the page.

Write Legibly
Print if your handwriting is poor. Use a pen if you cross out materials a lot so that your notes are easier
to read. Take notes in one-liners rather than paragraph from. Skip a line between ideas to make it easier
to find information when you’re studying for a test.

Use Wide Margins

Leave a wide margin on one side of your paper so you’ll have space to write your own thoughts and call
action to key material. Draw arrows or stars beside important information like dates, names and events.
If your miss getting a date, name, number or other fact, make a mark in the margin so you’ll remember
to come back to it.

Fill In Gaps
Mark Questionable Material
Jot down a “?”In the margin beside something you disagree with or do not think you’re recorded
correctly. When appropriate, ask your teacher, classmate, or refer to your textbook, for clarification.

Inspiring quotes
“Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you
can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a
year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.”

“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” -William Shakespeare

(Kevin Hart,
https://parade.com/937586/parade/life-quotes/)