informal notes/scribbles

margin notes while reading

list of facts, steps, ideas

set of instructions or directions

filling in a graphic organizer or completing a set of notes

free -writing: write on a topic for a short specified amount of time (also called a “brain dump”)

one-paragraph summary

generate a few questions

KWL Chart (What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned)

write a definition in your own words

draw, label, or explain pictures/diagrams

short-answers to questions

sentence combining

short communication with someone else (email, tweet, note, text message)