Interactive Notebook Ms. Quintina Merriweather AP Language and Composition English III Honors
What is an interactive notebook? A composition notebook that includes all notes taken in class and anything else that is class related and your personal connection to those notes.
Why is it called an INTERACTIVE notebook? To interact is to connect Bring together what you know with what you’ve learned Think of what you’ve learned in class in combination to or as it relates to something else
How do you interact with what you’ve learned? Left Side of Your Notebook Right Side of Your Notebook Your connections Your way of understanding the notes, quote, terms How you relate to or connect with your notes, quote, or terms. Your notes from Class Quotes Terms from your mini handbook (found on Engrade)
What can you use on the left side? Left Side of Your Notebook Left Side of Your Notebook Connect quotes to terms found in your mini handbook Connect quotes to a text read in class Connect terms to a text read in class. Paraphrase Give your own examples Use graphic organizers Venn diagrams, problem solution charts, outlines, Cause and effect charts, etc. Draw pictures that relate to the notes, quotes, or terms Connect notes, quotes, or terms to something you’ve learned in another class Create discussion questions using the question templates used in class Mnemonic devices Brainstorming maps Song lyrics, poems, movies
Left Side Work
Left Side Work: Sample Graphic Organizer
IF YOU WANT MORE EXAMPLES… GOOGLE THEM
What do you need? Colored Pencils Highlighters of various colors Glue sticks or tape Hand-held pencil sharpener Colorful Post-It® notes (optional) Construction paper BE CREATIVE!!!!!
What will go in your interactive notebook? Table of Contents – Leave the first 3 FULL pages empty to create a running table.
What will go in your interactive notebook? Terms from your Mini Handbook (found on Engrade) Reading and Response Quotes ALL notes taken in class. Yes, you must transfer your notes to your interactive notebook.
Reading Response Quote Left Side Right Side “Do what is right, not what is easy”
Terms from Mini Handbook Left Side Right Side FEED CATS Example/ Exemplification - Example is a specific event, person, or detail of an idea cited and or developed to support or illustrate a thesis or topic. Provide examples or cases in point. Are there examples – facts, statistics, cases in point personal experiences, interview quotations- that you could add to help you achieve the purpose of your essay?