The CUES column consists of the following:

● words or groups of words (also called PHRASES) to help you remember the ideas
you put in the notes.

● Questions that your notes can answer.

STEP #1

Find your Cornell Notes set from ​The Hobbit,​ Chapters 1 - 4.

STEP #2

Click in the CUES column.

STEP #3

Look at the ideas in the notes column. Find the two or three most important words in each
answer. Highlight them in ​BLUE. ​Then ​RETYPE t​hem in the ​CUES​ column.

STEP #4

Look at your ideas in the notes again. Pretend these ideas were answers on a test. Think about
what the questions might be. TYPE those questions in the ​CUES​ column.

The SUMMARY column consists of the following:

The main points in your notes

STEP #1

Look at the ideas in your notes. Pretend you only have two minutes to share your ideas with
someone and decide which ones would be the most important to share with them

STEP #2

Type these in the summary column.

(Sample is below)
Cues Notes (Chapter _____)
1. DECISIONS WITH PURPOSE: What major decisions
do the characters make, and why? Would you consider
Three houses their choices responsible? Why or why not?

The three little pigs built three houses: one made of

straw, one made of wood, and one made of bricks.
That is responsible because they are meeting their
need for shelter.
Wooden house blown down
The big bad wolf blows the house of straw and the
house of wood down. That is irresponsible because
Brick house fails he is destroying property.

The big bad wolf tries to blow down the brick house
and fails. He decides to go in through the chimney.
He is being irresponsible because he gets injured.

Two houses blown down, runaway pigs 2. CONFLICTS/OBSTACLES/CHALLENGES: What

conflicts, obstacles, or challenges do the characters
face, and how do they deal with them?
Boiling pot
The big bad wolf blows the two pigs’ houses down
and wants to eat them. Pigs run away.

When wolf tries to enter brick house through roof,

pigs put boiling pot under chimney.

Wicked pork-lover 3. LESSONS/INSIGHTS/MESSAGES: What lessons do

any of the characters learn? What do WE learn?
Unthinking wolf
Wolf is a wicked person who likes pork.
Smart pig in brick house
Wolf does not think things through. He learns not to
jump down chimneys.

Pig with house of bricks is smart for making brick

Straw and wood houses blown down, pigs house and putting the pot under the chimney.
flee.
4. CAUSES AND EFFECTS: What events/actions have
Wolf stew. major effects on characters? How do the characters
react?
Why do the pigs build the houses, and what
Wolf blows straw house down. Pig flees to house of
happens to them?
wood.

How do the three little pigs get rid of the Wolf blows wooden house down. Pigs flee to brick
wolf? house.
 Wolf goes through chimney, falls in pot, and
becomes wolf stew. Pigs are relieved.

Summary:

In the story The Three Little Pigs, a wolf tries to blow down three pigs’ houses. He blows
down the first two and the pigs flee to escape. When the wolf tries to blow down the third
house he is not successful. When he tries to enter the house through the chimney he comes
to a horrible end.