Have you struggled with watching your English Language Learners, Special Populations, or even your mainstream students rush carelessly through the note-taking process...just to be "done"?
After having felt defeated, myself, by the loss of valuable class minutes, and watching my students feel defeated with limp and near-broken hands (along with blank stares), I decided to spice up the way I delivered instruction to my students: CLOZE notes.
The beauty of the Common Core (with regards to ELA) i