Notes that separate fact from interpretation

Teacher edition · Grade 7 · Lesson 12 · Note-taking

Writing Book 7 · sheet 51

F is what could be checked. I is someone's judgment.

2. Your turn

Outline a passage, marking every line F or O.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Read a line you marked O.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Read a line you marked O.

Watch forMark whose interpretation it is, not only that it is one. An unattributed I becomes the child's own opinion within a week.