The Notebook

1
The Notebook

• Your Grade Depends On It!

2
Getting Started

• On OUTSIDE COVER, write ENGLISH 2 and your name
  and period.
• Write your first last name in large, neat,
  print, on the FRONT INSIDE cover and your period.
• Notebooks that dont have a name clearly written
  on the front inside cover will not be graded!
• Get at least 2 study buddy phone numbers. Put
  them on the BACK INSIDE cover.
• Using pencil, number EVERY page of your notebook.
  Write the numbers on the TOP, OUTSIDE, CORNER of
  each page.
• Label the first 3 pages Table of Contents

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Everything you do goes in your notebook!

• Keep ALL assignments
• This is a work in progress. Periodically go
  through your notebook correct grammar,
  spelling, punctuation, etc.
• You will be graded on your writing skills.

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Grading Issues

• A blank page 0
• Some assignments will be checked some will be
  graded.
• Pages with no titles or page numbers will be an
  automatic 2 point deduction.
• If I cant read it, I cant grade it. Make sure
  your writing is legible.

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Your Notebook is PRECIOUS!

• It must last all semester
• Remember, this is a long-term assessment tool
  that will help you pass this class!
• Do NOT LOSE YOUR NOTEBOOK!

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Surprise!

• You wont be given prior notice when notebooks
  are due.
• Dont put off gluing in assignments or updating
  your Table of Contents
• I MAY let you use it on a test or quiz!

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My Picky Little Details

• Keep your notebook in a binder
• Use the binder pockets to store assignments that
  havent been glued in yet
• Please write in pencil, blue or black ink.
• Every page needs a lesson title that matches the
  Table of Contents
• NEVER go on to the next page if you run out of
  room, simply add a glued in page.
• NO CREATIVE NUMBERING. Every page must be
  numbered in sequence.

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Its all about the glue!

• Fold pages neatly before they are glued in
• Only use glue sticks to glue!! NO tape! NO
  staples!
• Glue so pages open over the spiral
• Dont glue over the holes
• Only put glue on the top inch of the paper
• If an assignment is glued on the wrong page or
  incorrectly its a ZERO
• NEVER go on to the next page if you run out of
  room.