1. Interactive Notebook
Pages 1-9

2. You will need Construction paper (or any durable sheet of paper)
A stapler
Tape (If you don’t have glue)
Note Cards (Optional)
Something colorful to write with (Optional)
Scissors
Glue Stick
You will need

3. Step One: Create a pocket in your notebook

4. Creating a pocket 1. This is the cover of your note book.
2. Open the book so that you can see the back of the front cover and the first page in the book
3. Take a piece of construction paper and fold it horizontally. Make sure the paper fits within the margins of the cover.
4. Staple the construction paper on each end creating a pocket. Be sure to have the smooth end of the staple facing up.
5. The end result should look like this

5. Step Two: Table of Contents
Leave the first two pages blank, so that you can add to the table of contents as we go.
On the first page copy the information below (exactly as you see it) for your table of contents
Step Two: Table of Contents
Creative Tip: Personalize your table of contents with colorful markers and pins. Be careful using harsh markers that may bleed through the page. If your marker bleeds through, just remember not to use the front and back of that page.

6. Step Three: Create page 1 “Annotation Guide for Fiction”
Remember to leave about two pages between your table of contents and your actual page one.
Start at the top and title this page: Annotation Guide for Fiction
Skip three lines and write: “Underline and label the following” on the 4th line
Skip two lines and write the following:
1st Reading
Words/Evidence that reveal setting
Words/Evidence that reveal character
Words/Evidence that show major shifts or changes in the story or character(s)
Skip one line and write the following:
2nd Reading
Word Choice/Figurative language that conveys the mood
Words/ Figurative language that convey the theme or central idea
To view what this page should look like, go to the next slide.

8. Step Four: Accountable Talk Stems
This will be page 2 in your interactive notebook
Take the handout provided at the table
Cut it down to size, and paste it on page two of your interactive note book (back of page 1) Be sure to label the page number at the bottom of the page.
If you need the handout because you were not in class…check the handouts section on the class website.
If you don’t have a printer, you can write it.
Step Four: Accountable Talk Stems

9. Pages 3-9

10. Add the following to your “Table of Contents”
Accountable Talk Rubric…3
How to Start a Cite & Explain …4
The ACE Strategy……5
RL. 9.1 ……6-7
RL. 9.3 ……8-9
Add the following to your “Table of Contents”

11. Page 3 Leave page 3 blank. You will receive a handout in the future.
Move on to page 4
Page 3

12. How to Start a Cite and Explain (page 4)
According to the text,
The text states,
The text explicitly states,
According to the author,
The author stated,
On page __, the author states
How to Begin a Sentence that Explains
This tells/shows the audience…
This tells/shows the reader…
The audience can infer…
The reader can infer…
This explains…

13. The ACE Strategy (page 5)…This is how we answer questions
Answer the question (sentence 1)
Answer the question completely
Use key words from the question in your answer
This is your “claim”
Cite evidence from the text (sentence 2)
Use clear, specific examples from the text that support your claim
Refer, provide, describe, define
Use quotations when citing exact words/phrases
Explain (sentence 3)
Explain the connection between your evidence and your claim
Extend and elaborate the support for the example
Answer the question “so what”

14. RL 9.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (Page 6)
Cite/Citation- a reference from a text brought forward as a support (include the line number, page number, paragraph number, and/or the author’s last name).
Thorough- written with great care and completeness
Textual Evidence- facts or information used as support for whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
Support- to hold up; reinforce
Analysis- the act of breaking into smaller components for the purpose of study or examination

15. Background Knowledge Page 7 Explicitly- Clearly stated
Inferences- A logical assumption based on observed facts from the text and one’s own prior knowledge and/ or experience.
What does it mean to INFER?
Combine:
What the author writes
Plus
What you already know
To Make
Reasonable Guesses about characters and events that the author doesn’t explicitly state in the text.
Textual Evidence
Background Knowledge
Inferences

16. RL. 9. 3- Analyze how complex characters (e. g
RL Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. (Page 8)
Complex-Consisting of many different traits, issues, and/or motivations
Conflicting- Opposing (to go against)
Motivation- The reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
Develop- To cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate
Interact- To act in such a way become more mature, advanced, or elaborate
Advance- Move forward

17. Remember to place the page number at the bottom of the pg.
Plot- The pattern of events if a literary work, which includes: an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
Theme- Dominant or unifying idea; life lesson
Pay Attention To:
How characters act
What characters say
What characters think and feel
How characters respond to events
What other characters say about them
Character traits
Character motivation
Character growth
*This is pg. 9
Remember to place the page number at the bottom of the pg.
Essential Question
1.What kind of person is the character?
2. Why did the character do that?
3. Is the Character Changing?