Interactive Notebook

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Interactive Notebook

• Your Key to Success
• in Language Arts/Literature

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So, what is the purpose of an Interactive
Notebook?
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Get it together with your
Interactive Notebook
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What is an Interactive Notebook?

• A personalized notebook
• A working portfolio all of your notes, class
  work, quizzes, creative activities in one
  convenient spot.

Isnt that cool? A place to keep your work, a
place to reflect upon your learning? An organized
portfolio to keep and show your parents what you
have learned!
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Left Side Right Side There is a special place
for everything you keep in your notebook
Next, youll see how to become super organized!
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Left Side

• Left is for learning!
• The left side belongs to Mrs. Lopez
• The left side includes notes, study guides,
  vocabulary, worksheets, sample problems, reading
  strategies and practice, quizzes and all other
  important information I give you.

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Examples of Left Side Assignments

• Articles or short stories to read
• Notes
• Graphic Organizers (Venn diagrams, Frayer model,
  etc. )
• Questions
• Reciprocal strategies for reading
• Literary elements
• Examples of important Language Arts/Literature
  concepts or ideas

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Right Side

• Right is for reflection
• The right side belongs to YOU!
• This is where you will get to show your CREATIVE
  side and show me what you have learned in your
  own special way! ?

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Examples of Right Side Assignments

• Questions and answers
• Sketches
• Pictographs/Cartoons
• Letters (Friendly and Business)
• Flow Charts/time lines
• Graphic organizers
• Posters
• News Articles
• Summaries

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Advertisements/Articles
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Acrostics and other poems
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Comic Strips
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Venn Diagram
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There is so much YOU can do to show me what you
have learned!

• Do you like music? How about creating a rap song,
  or writing down lyrics to demonstrate your
  understanding

I will give you a list of the many choices you
will have for YOUR page!
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Student Materials

• Notebook
• Pencils or erasable pens
• Colored pencils
• Glue stick (optional)

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Maintaining the Interactive Notebook

• No ripped out pages or torn corners
• No doodling that doesnt relate to notes
• Date and number each page
• Keep your notebook NEAT and ORGANIZED

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So, how are the Interactive Notebooks graded?
INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK RUBRIC 3 Points - (a WOW
product)        all of the requirements are
evident and EXCEEDED        the product is VERY
neatly done and EXTREMELY well organized       
the product shows LOTS of creativity and is
colorfully illustrated        completed on
time   2 Points - (What is EXPECTED)        the
requirements are evident        the product is
neatly done and organized        the product
shows some creativity and is illustrated       
completed on time   1 Point (One or More parts
is missing)        few of the requirements are
evident        the product is fairly neatly done
and partly organized        the product shows
little creativity and few illustrations       
completed on time   0 Points - (Does not meet
Standards)        Unscorable or no product