Just wanted to post a quick note on the enjoyment that all of my classes have had with the process of creating the Affirmative/Negative/Interesting chart.  The students from 4th up through 12th have understood it very quickly and I have received several, "I can't wait to do this for homework!" comments.  I am also excited about the thoughts that they are all able to come up with.  Today I even had several students immediately note the ease of writing a paper with all these great ideas (but now they have to learn sorting)