Here are some pics from my students ISN's. Active reading strategies for seventh grade. Right a foldable the completed in pairs using their textbook. On the left they used the strategies to read a story and answer questions I printed on strips of paper. All about me pages. Students had to use strategies from the handout on the right to create a page about themselves. This was an introduction activity. After reading the Tell Tale Heart we did a small group activity to see if the narrator should be allowed to plead insanity. Students then wrote a 5 paragraph essay to the jury explaining their position. This was an 8th grade activity and they loved it! Introduction to text structures. We read two articles and tried to determine the genre, what structures were used, and the author's purpose for writing the articles. Lesson on the types of nonfiction. Activity on biography and autobiography. Outlining activity. students took notes and outlined a partners outfit on the right. On the left they read a nonfiction article and outlined main idea and supporting details. Activity on Character motivation. Student pages created on active reading strategies. Sample journal page. link to these pages can be found on the Interactive Notebook page. Vocabulary Foldable Ninth grade vocabulary activity: Students defined a given list of words then highlighted the word according to the part of speech that the word was used as in our story. They used that information to find synonyms and antonyms for the words using an online dictionary. Review and test. Test corrections go on the sheet under the test itself.
