Learning Tasks for Thursday, May 8

Essential Question:  How can I use test-taking strategies to become a successful test-taker?

Objectives: I can...

-identify test-taking strategies that work for me.

-reflect on my experiences as a freshman at LEC.
-design and create a guide to study skills used at LEC.

1.  Test-Taking Skills

Using the Tic-Tac-Toe sheet, select an activity to work on.  Remember that you must have seven total:  four across/down/diagonal and another three that intersect.  Select the activities that will benefit you most for exams!

3.  Incoming Freshman Handbook

We’re quickly approaching the end of freshman year, and you can now reflect on what it takes to “survive and thrive” at LEC.  All the challenges you have faced this year have made you experts!  So, how can you use this accumulation of knowledge?  Of course you will use it to your benefit in upcoming years, but why not share your knowledge with incoming LEC freshman?  As a class, we will compile your experiences and advice into a survival guide for next year’s freshman.  The final product will include a variety of pictures, rankings, lists, and rules that will help future Cobras navigate their first year at LEC.

You should NEATLY write them down on a piece of paper.  

Today, you will explain the major study skills you've learned here at LEC: Cornell notes and TPEQEA format.  Remember, new students have not yet learned these strategies, so you will have to explain them thoroughly! You will create:

• A set of Cornell notes on a topic of your choice (e.g. favorite food, history of a sport, etc.).  Be sure to label each part of the Cornell notes with step-by-step instructions!
• A mini-poster that explains what each letter of TPEQEA means.