Transcript Interactive Notebook Expectations (Tue, 7/26)

Interactive
Notebooks
(INb)
Mrs. Harper’s
World History Class
Purpose of Interactive
Notebooks
The purpose of the INb is to enable you to be an
organized, independent thinker and writer. INb’s
will be used for class notes and for other activities
where you will be asked to express your own
ideas and process the information presented by
this class. This notebook is different from a
traditional notebook because it requires you to
think about everything that you write or draw in it.
What Materials Will I Need?
• 4 single subject spiral notebooks
(one for each quarter)
• Scissors and glue
• Pens –black, red
• Pencils with erasers
• Highlighters – PINK, BLUE,
YELLOW
Content
Left side
Right side
OUTPUT
Student Generated
INPUT
Teacher Directed
• Take notes during lectures
• Process new ideas
• Illustrations, diagrams, flow • Record reading notes from your
charts, poetry, colors,
textbook, literature, or
cartoons and the like to
primary sources.
understand new content • This information should be
• Explore opinions, clarify
regarded as “testable” and
should be structured so that key
values, and ask questions
about new ideas.
ideas & concepts are clear.
• Review what you have
learned and demonstrate
mastery of material.
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
Cover
– Name
– Title of class
– Period #
– Quarter
– One historical
image that
relates to that
quarter’s lessons
Tom Jefferson
World History
Period 3
Quarter 1
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
• Data Tracking – Inside the cover
– The point of this is so you keep track of your
own progress.
*Most sheets you tape or glue into your
notebook will have to be cut down to size. This
one is a good example.
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
• Student Tracking – Inside the cover
• Number pages
– Evens on the left
– Odds on the right
• Title page (page 1)
– Shows plan for the quarter
• Table of Contents pages (page 3)
Number Pages
• The pages on the left hand side of the
notebook will have even numbers located in
the upper left hand corner of the page.
• The pages on the right hand side of the
notebook will have odd numbers located in
the upper right hand corner of the page.
• Turn pages carefully so you don’t skip a
page and incorrectly number your notebook.
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
• Data Tracking – Inside the cover
• Number pages
– Evens on the left
– Odds on the right
• Table of Contents pages (page 3)
• Guidelines Page
– Classroom
– Notebook
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Table of Contents
Label TABLE OF CONTENTS
Left margin column: DATE
Middle column between the two margins: TITLE/TOPIC/SUBJECT
Right margin column : PAGE NUMBER
– Label Page #
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
• Data Tracking – Inside the cover
• Number pages
– Evens on the left
– Odds on the right
• Table of Contents pages (page 3)
• Guidelines Page
– Classroom
– Notebook
Interactive Notebook Set-Up
• Inside of Back Cover
- Restroom Passes
- STAPLE THIS IN
A FEW RULES
• Cannot be a 3-ring binder.
• Please use Cornell Notes
• Do not throw away old notebooks
• Must use PINK highlighter for work to be
graded
• Must use BLUE highlighter for headings in notes
• Must use YELLOW highlighter for vocabulary
How Will I Be Graded?
• Notebooks will be checked
regularly, graded approximately
once a quarter and will count as
an assessment (test) grade. You
should have all of your
assignments and notes that the
table of contents has listed.
A Few Words of Wisdom
• The interactive student notebooks are a
necessary tool for learning in this class. The
purpose of the notebook is to make you a
creative, independent thinker and writer. You
cannot get out of it or hide behind the person in
front of you!
• You will be sharing and displaying your
notebooks with other classmates
• This notebook will represent you - your
thoughts, ideas, and beliefs. Take pride in your
work! At the end of the year you will be
amazed at the notebook you will have created!