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I am not really sure what I am suppose to be blogging about other than the fact that I really liked some of the lesson approaches found in these pages. I really like the graphic organizers because they really help the students to compare and contrast different subjects that are studied at the same time. For example, 2 or more characters in a book, planets and star etc. I also liked the interactive notes. This would allow for the students to really stop and think about what they are reading, and to make sure they are comprehending that in which they need to. Interactive notes would be a great way to tier the lesson to fit specific students and their needs, by having some students look for and answer questions that are straight out of the reading to questions that are abstract to help the advanced students think more deeply about the assignment. This would also lend to a great whole class discussion, staring with those students who had the more specific questions being discussed and moving toward the more abstract questions with the more advanced students. This would allow all for the student the opportunity to see how all the information is important. I also really liked the tiered example 2 with the aliens. This would be a great way to help students come up with different questions and answers about a given topic. Helping them to move from the more simple questions and answers to the more complex as they deepen their analytical think skills. There are a lot of great tools in the book that can be adapted to almost any lesson. Which would really help the students be clear about the objectives, giving them choices to make it more fun and interesting but tiered so that they are working withing their own ZPD.