ISN (Interactive Student Notebook)
A students' ISN is a very important part of learning in Language Arts. The ISN is a portfolio of learning where students take detailed clean notes on the right side and on the left side students will "process" what they took notes on by creating something (diagram, graph, cartoon, picture, etc.) to show what they actually learned. At the bottom, students will write a detailed summary about their notes on the right side. An ISN holds students accountable to their learning and is used as an assessment tool. Nothing is thrown away and EVERYTHING that happens in the classroom is written or taped into the ISN.