This is a method of getting the students to work together to review and compile their lecture notes in a complete and organized way. It’s a great warm up activity that you can even utilize every week.

1. Pair students up (or allow them to choose partners). Alternatively, you could do this in small groups as well.
2. Ask students to read aloud from their notes. Encourage other students to interject, ask questions, provide missing details, or clarify details about the topic.
   1. Alternative: Ask students to swap notes and read each other’s independently then discuss similarities or differences.
3. As students find missing parts or holes in their notes, they add to them.

Why do this activity?

1. Students talk about the content out loud, helping them remember details better
2. Students can see other styles or approaches to taking lecture notes that may help them better their note taking.
3. It’s tough to get down all the important details in lecture sometimes. Usually students are missing parts in their notes and/or have some details written down incorrectly. This gives students a space to review and make sure what they’re studying from is accurate and complete.
4. If students have conflicting information in their notes, it gives you a chance to clarify for them and lead them to finding the correct information.

Variation: Ask students to bring notes in from their assigned class readings and do the same activity.