Your Success in English Class

  A personalized textbook  A working portfolio that contains all of your notes, assignments, quizzes, terms, all in one place  A place to store study tools and demonstrate your learning What is an Interactive Notebook?

  Be a creative, independent, and reflective thinker and writer throughout the year  Express your own ideas and process in order to apply the information and skills learned during class  Provide easy access to all notes and practice done in class for use on work outside of class Purpose

 Pages in Notebook  Odd numbered pages  Even numbered pages Student Information Teacher Information

  The front and back of the odd pages belong to Mrs. Langdahl  The odd pages contain all testable information  Vocabulary  Cornell Notes from class lectures  Class readings  Handouts  Content and language objectives  Study guides  Class work Odd Pages (OPA’s)

  Cornell Notes:  Literary Terms  Sentence Patterns Practice  Author’s Purpose  Reading Strategies  Vocabulary Terms  In-class Assignments  Close Reading of Texts  The Writing Process  Group work Notes Examples of OPA’s

  The front and back of the even pages are to record your thinking, reflections, thoughts, impressions, connections, and wonderings.  The even pages (both front & back) belong to you!  Apply skills learned in class  Use graphs, charts, and diagrams  Make connections between new and prior knowledge  Questions  Homework  Brainstorming and studying tools Even Pages (EPA’s)

  Vocabulary Cards or 4x4 Pages  Compare & Contrast Terminology  Research Findings  Complementary Literature (novels, short stories, movies, poems)  Poems  Brainstorming pages for writing assignments  Creative Designs (relating to content)  Graphic Organizers  Rough drafts of homework or essays  Practice of sentence patterns or elegant sentences Examples of EPA’s

  3-Ring Notebook  College-ruled paper  No spiral notebooks  You will need one per semester  Highlighters  Colored Pencils  Markers  Dividers  Table-of-Content pages Materials

  Each page needs a date, title, and page number  Every page should be present.  Everyone’s ISN must match!  Update your Table of Contents daily  Add section dividers between the months  Finish Cornell notes with cue column & summary  Highlight and annotate handouts  Add EPA’s to show daily learning and studying  Get notes from a classmate or my ISN when absent Maintaining Your Interactive Student Notebook

  Your notebook will be a significant part of your total grade each semester (see scoring rubric).  Even numbered pages will count as homework points, odd numbered as in-class points.  Your notebooks will be evaluated on the last school day of each month.  It is imperative you maintain your notebook.  It is imperative that you take extensive notes in class daily. Grades

  The first thing you need to do is check my Moodle website on the PHS webpage. Go to PHS high school home page  student  online learning  Eng 7-8 Langdahl  This will give you an outline of the day’s events and the homework assigned.  You need to gets notes from a classmate or from my ISN. I will keep a master copy of the class interactive notebook with the formatting in order for you update your notebook.  This is very important! Do not fall behind in keeping your notebook current. Remember notebooks are worth 100 points. What if I’m absent?

  You will need to immediately start another notebook.  You will need to view and copy the class notebook outside of regular class time.  You will need to make up the EPAs.  The percentage you are currently earning will be used as a temporary Interactive Notebook score until you are back on track. What if I lose my ISN?

 Initial Set Up Inside Covers  To do lists  Extra credit ideas  Research ideas  Changes to due dates  Questions on assignments Cover Your Name Period Decorate the Page!