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Cornell Notes Rubric

5 4 3 1

Format Name, date, class, and topic Name, date, class, or 2 parts are missing... 3 parts are missing...
are written at the top and topic is missing from the name, date, class, or name, date, class, or
easy to see. note page. topic. topic.

Legibility Notes are neat and easy Notes are readable but Notes are barely Notes have been taken
to read. Shorthand or look sloppy. Student readable and are but are not readable. No
abbreviations used could take a little more definitely sloppy. pride was taken when
makes sense. pride in their notes. Student needs to take a writing the notes.
little more pride in their
notes.

Look Information and questions Information and Information and No style to the note
are separated into various questions are separated questions show little taking. Information is
topics by symbols and lines. into various topics but separation. Information simply just thrown on
Information simply does student does not tends to run together the page.
NOT run together. use symbols or lines to making it difficult find
help identify the key info.
information.

Notes There is more than a page There's about a ¾ page There's about a ½ There's about a ¼
of information. There is of information. page worth of page worth of
plenty of notes taken on information. information.
the topic.

Questions Questions on the left side Questions on the left There is only one There is no questions on
deal with important side deal with the notes question on the note the note sheet.
subtopics and are higher but are mostly lower sheet. The question that
order thinking. ​(ex. What order thinking. ​(ex. deals with the main idea
regions are defined by their Define the theme of of the notes.
location?) regions)

Summary There is a 2​3 sentence There is a 1​2 sentence There's a 2​3 There's a 1​2 sentence
summary at the end of summary at the end of sentence summary summary but it doesn’t
the notes and it makes the notes and it makes but it doesn’t really really summarize the
sense. sense. summarize the notes.
notes.

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