Includes: a template and exemplar
Focus: vocabulary building
Note-taking is a complex skill.
Use the 'Note-taking poster' to explicitly teach students how to take notes. The poster could also be displayed to remind students about the skills involved in taking notes.
There is also a fantastic note-taking template in The Oral Language Book (PM19).
Includes: a template and exemplar
Focus: vocabulary building
Focus: using interesting and thought-provoking images to motivate students for writing
Focus: an activity idea to support inferencing