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Essay On Interactive Notebooks

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The purpose of this action research is to determine if utilizing interactive notebooks for reading and writing in my literacy extension class increases academic performance with my students in their core English classes. A tool, such as an interactive student notebook, has been researched and used for several years in all academic studies. Waldman & Crippan (2009) describe an interactive notebook as a “powerful instructional tool, allowing students to take control of their learning while processing information and engaging in self reflection.” It is a tool that helps to organize thoughts into one place, by promoting structure and creativity for the student by using items such as graphic organizers and doodle sheets. With the implementation of …show more content…

I wanted to start with these lessons because they were reading, To Kill A Mockingbird, in their core class. This would help them to build their understanding of how characters develop within the text and use the examples from the book. I started the lesson on character development with protagonist and antagonist characters. The student objective of my lesson was to identify either the protagonist or antagonist with evidence in the worksheet I gave them with the expectation of 90% accuracy. During the instructional input, I gave them prefilled notes with pictures that explained what a protagonist and antagonist was. I gave them a few examples of protagonists and antagonist from popular movies and explained why. While I was talking, the students had to glue the sheet to my side of the notebook (left) and doodle, make pictures, or notes on their side of the notebook (right). For the guided practice, we worked on a few characters together with some more popular movies. For their independent practice, they worked on a worksheet on their own to determine if the character was a protagonist or

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