Four+Column+Notes

=**Four Column Notes** is an incredible graphic organizer that allows students to go deeper into the text and look for the significance of what they are reading in relationship to the elements of a novel or short story. Students go beyond just reading the words and really interpret the meaning and context of the text.=


 * Page Number(s)** are always important to document (they are imperative to the //**Concrete Details**// of the row...)! Make sure students do that first!!!


 * Topic/Main Idea** is the column where a story element is identified.


 * Concrete Details** //**(CD's)**// are quotes or words from the text that relate to the Topic/Main Idea.


 * Commentaries from Your Head (CM's)** are the words that show the student's voice or what their ideas are that connect the **//CD//** to the //**Topic/Main Idea**//.