Notes that do the learning for you: capture, structure, review

I'm attaching a photo of [the board from class / my notebook page].
Subject: [history], today's topic: [topic].

1. Transcribe everything you see in the photo, including anything
   written in the margins or corners.
2. Where you're not sure what something says, put it in brackets
   with a question mark: [?illegible word]. DON'T GUESS and don't
   fill it in with what would logically make sense.
3. Then turn the transcript into structured notes: a topic heading,
   bullet points following the logic of the lecture, key terms
   in bold.
4. Preserve diagrams and arrows — describe in words what leads
   to what.
5. At the end, list anything I should double-check in my
   notebook or textbook, because you read it with low confidence.

Don't add anything that isn't in the photo. If something's
missing for it to make sense, write it as a question at the end,
not into the notes.

Here's my two-minute dictation right after [subject] class,
topic [topic]. I was talking from memory, so it's messy.

[paste the transcript]

Turn it into notes:
1. Organize it into a logical order based on the topic, not the
   order I said things in
2. Cut filler words and repetition, but DON'T change the content —
   if I said something imprecisely, leave it and flag it with
   an asterisk
3. Separate: actual material vs. teacher comments about the
   test, deadlines, or what's important
4. List any terms I mentioned but didn't explain — I need to
   look those up
5. Write 5 questions that my rambling doesn't answer, even
   though they should be part of the topic

Don't fill in material from your own knowledge. I want to see
what I remember, not what's factually true about the topic.

Convert my notes into Cornell format.

Subject: [subject]. Topic: [topic]. Grade level: [11th grade].

[paste your notes]

Return a two-column table with a summary underneath it:

| Question / key term | Notes |

Rules:
- On the left, write QUESTIONS, not headings. A question has to
  be answerable from the right column.
- Mix up the question types: what is (definition), why (cause),
  how does it relate (relationship between two things), what
  would happen if (application). At least a third should be
  connection questions, not fact questions.
- On the right, keep my own wording, just trim and organize it.
  Don't add anything.
- Below the table, write a 4-sentence summary: what the topic
  is about and why it matters.
- Where my notes are missing an answer to a question the material
  should cover, write it separately under a "Missing" heading.

These questions from the left column are too easy — they can be
answered by copying a single sentence:

[paste the questions]

Rewrite them as harder versions. For each original question,
write one that:
- requires combining at least two pieces of information from
  the notes, not just one
- or asks about cause or consequence, not a fact
- or asks for a comparison with something else from the topic

For each new question, note in parentheses which parts of the
notes the answer draws on — so I know whether my notes actually
cover it.

Here are my notes from this week for [subject]. They're from [3]
classes, topics: [list them].

[paste the notes from all the classes]

Give me a Sunday overview:

1. OVERVIEW — what this week was about, 5 sentences. How the
   classes connect and what's the main idea holding it all
   together.
2. CONCEPT MAP — list the terms from the week, and for each one
   a sentence on how it relates to the others ("X causes Y",
   "Z is an example of W").
3. CONTINUITY — what this builds on from earlier topics. Where
   that link is missing from my notes, tell me what I should
   go back and review.
4. 20 REVIEW QUESTIONS, ordered from easiest to hardest.
   Put the answers at the very end, separated out, so I can
   quiz myself first.
5. THREE THINGS that, based on my notes, are most likely to be
   on the test — and why you think so.

Base this only on my notes. Where they're incomplete, say so
instead of filling in gaps.

I answered the questions from the Sunday overview from memory.
Here are my answers and the notes the questions came from.

MY ANSWERS:
[paste]

MY NOTES:
[paste]

For each answer, tell me:
- whether it's right, partly right, or wrong — and exactly
  what's missing
- whether I answered vaguely where a specific explanation was
  expected (that's the most common mistake, watch for it)

Then tell me what to do about it:
- which three questions I should try again in two days
- which ones I knew well enough that I don't need to revisit
- whether there's a pattern in my mistakes (e.g. mixing up two
  concepts, or missing the same connection every time)

Compare strictly against my notes. If something in my answer
isn't in my notes, flag it separately — I'll go verify it myself.

I have a test on [subject] in a week, topics [topics]. The teacher
usually gives [open-ended questions / multiple choice / a mix /
problems to solve] and the test runs [45] minutes.

Here are my notes on the whole unit:
[paste your notes]

Make me a practice test:
- length matched to [45] minutes
- structured like the real test, with points assigned
- questions drawn exclusively from what's in my notes
- mix: a quarter on facts, half on understanding and connections,
  a quarter on applying it to a new situation
- for one question, aim deliberately at the topic I'm weakest on
  in my notes — and mark it with an asterisk

Put the answers and scoring all the way at the end, separated
by a line, so I can write it out myself first.

I wrote a practice test. Here are my answers and here's the
model solution:

MY ANSWERS:
[paste]

MODEL SOLUTION:
[paste]

For each answer, tell me:
- what I got right
- what's missing or inaccurate (specifically, not "could be
  better")
- whether it's a knowledge gap, or I just wrote it wrong or
  left it unfinished

At the end: rank the topics by how I did, worst first. For the
three worst, tell me exactly what to do over the next few days —
not "review it," but exactly what (which part of my notes, what
questions to ask myself).

Here are notes from [3] classmates from the same [subject] class,
topic [topic]. Everyone wrote down something different.

NOTES A:
[paste]

NOTES B:
[paste]

NOTES C:
[paste]

Merge them into one set of notes:
1. Combine anything that matches and keep it once.
2. Add information only one of us has.
3. DON'T reconcile CONFLICTS — where two of us wrote something
   different (a different date, a different definition, a
   different number), list both under a "To verify" heading and
   note who wrote what. We need to check this with the teacher
   or the textbook.
4. Keep the structure following the logic of the topic.
5. At the end, list any questions none of us has an answer to
   in our notes.

Don't add anything from your own knowledge — I only want to see
what we actually wrote down.

Quiz me on [topic] based on my notes, which I'm attaching.

[paste your notes]

Rules:
- Ask ONE question at a time and wait for my answer. Don't write
  the next question until I've answered, and never write the
  answer ahead of time.
- After my answer, say what was right and what was missing —
  briefly, two or three sentences.
- If I answer imprecisely, ask a follow-up question aimed at
  that same spot, so I get there myself. Don't just tell me the
  answer.
- Go from easier questions to harder ones, and toward the end
  ask about connections between parts of the topic.
- After 15 questions, stop and give me a summary: what I know,
  what I don't, and what to review tomorrow.

Only ask about what's in my notes.