1. Interactive Student Notebook
Your Key to Success
in English II

2. I was absent yesterday. Did I miss anything?
I can't find
my…
notes, homework, old quizzes . . .
I can't remember what
we did in class yesterday.
I'm sure it’s in . . .
mom’s car . . .
my book bag . . .
my room . . .
I was absent yesterday. Did I miss anything?

3. Get it together with your
Interactive
Student
Notebook

4. What is an Interactive Notebook?
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio – all of your notes, essays, worksheets, class work, quizzes – in one convenient spot.

5. PURPOSE
Be a creative, independent and reflective thinker and writer throughout the year.
Express your own ideas and process and or apply the information and skills learned in this class.

6. LEFT PAGE
Student
Responses
RIGHT PAGE
Teacher Input

7. Right Side The Right side belongs to Mrs. Karney
The Right side has all “testable” information
Date
Title and Unit pages
Vocabulary
Class, reading, and discussion notes
Worksheets
Table of Contents
Study Guides
Quizzes
Objectives
Other relevant information

8. Right Side 1. Should be completely done.
2. Title, date, and page number on every page
3. All assignments should be in chronological order
4. All right side assignments should be done only on right sides. Any missing part (date, title, incomplete, etc.) will cause points to be deduced.

9. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Articles
Notes, vocabulary terms
Graphic Organizers / Thinking Maps
In-class Assignments
Essays, writing assignments
Worksheets

10. The Left side belongs to YOU! (It will be graded)
Left Side is to record your thinking, reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections, and wonderings.
The Left side belongs to YOU! (It will be graded)

11. Ideas for Left Side
Use graphs, charts, Venn Diagrams, research from internet , draw pictures
Make connections between new and old learning
Questions
Poems or songs
Brainstorming
Sketches related to learning
Create mnemonic devices

12. Examples of Left Side Assignments

13. LEFT SIDE
All of these can be done for the left side of each right side page. Every individual right side page (even for many pages of the same assignment) must have an accompanying left side activity.

14. XAMPLE OF LEFT AND RIGHT PAGE

15. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Date, title and number each page

16. a new notebook for each semester!
YOU will
need
a new notebook for each semester!

17. GRADING OF INB
Each time the notebook is evaluated it will constitute a major grade. Notebook checks are unannounced and can occur at any random time during the school year.

18. Setting up the Interactive Student Notebook
THE ISN

19. Notice and Note Bookmark! Do Not take up the entire side.#1
AUTHOR’S PAGE
Glued here:
Notice and Note Bookmark! Do Not take up the entire side.
Your name
Period
Decorate the page
Inside cover

20. Quick Reference page 2 and 3
Leave Blank

21. Table of Contents Pages 4, 5, 6, 7
This is the student’s organizing page.
It can be as detailed as the students want
It will help you evaluate their work and comprehension
Is an outline of their notebook and can be filled in as they go or completed at the end of the unit. It is easier to fill in as you go!
Make sure students leave enough room, especially for big units

22. Label each Page
Starting on Page 8:
Label all pages until completion!

23. First Activity Starting on
Left Side pg 8
Why did you pick these specific quotes ?
What made them stand out as weird?
What did you learn about the story through these specific quotes?
Right Side pg 9
Write at least 6 quotes that you starred while reading.