[LIT] note-taking question

[Bill IVEY]

"A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
<lit at literacyworkshop.org> on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 1:07 PM -0500
wrote:
>As a relative newbie to middle school education, when you say that you
>have
>the students write down headings and subheading on the left side, do you
>mean the left side of one page?  Are you dividing one sheet of notebook
>paper in half or are you using a spiral notebook and on the left side
>heading/sub and the right side page the notes.  

Hi!

Different note-taking systems use both ideas, the two-page system
(headings on the left, notes on the right) and the one-page system
(dividing the page into two columns). At a summer school class at Landmark
College, I learned when using the one-page system to divide the page in
thirds; the left-hand third holds the headings and sub-headings, the other
two thirds hold the notes. They do print special paper ruled this way, or
at least they used to. I hope this helps.

Personally, I favor the one-page system, for environmental reasons if
nothing else, but one can easily argue students should know about both and
make their own choices.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School