How to create a Pages template for Cornell Notes?

Hi Folks,

I suppose I'm a bit technologically challenged, but I'm real keen on creating a template in Pages so I can electronically take 'Cornell Notes'. Of course, there is a dandy Youtube video showing how to do such a thing in Microsoft Word, but I'm not having any luck translating those steps in Pages. The video depicted creating a table and using the 'merge' option to create big cells. It looked like it couldn't be easier. I've attached a screen grab of a basic Cornell Notes template in Word.

Thanks for any help you can render.

Rick