FOCUS LEARNING & COMMUNICATION SKILLS COURSE
NOTE-MAKING SKILLS
Here are some resources you may find useful for teaching note-making skills in Focus Schools.
These two lesson plans and associated materials introduce the topic for Y7.
Lesson 1: The Long and the Short of it
LCS text: The Long and the Short of It
Famous telegrams
abbreviations and symbols cards
Concerning reading and the information revolution blank
Concerning reading and the information revolution - underlined
Concerning reading and the information revolution - substituted
Lesson 2: Boiling Things Down
LCS text: Boiling things down
Trash 'n' Treasure activity teacher's notes
Trash 'n' Treasure activity background material
If you have any resources of your own, please share them with colleagues by e-mailing them to the LCS Resource Bank Co-ordinator at focustandl@hotmail.co.uk (or click on the link above). Alternatively, you can upload them directly onto this website yourself. E-mail the LCS Resource Bank co-ordinator for details of how to do this.
