INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS

WHAT DOES IT DO FOR ME? The interactive notebook serves you as a library, a laboratory, and a journal. –Like a library, it serves as a storehouse of accumulated knowledge; –Like a laboratory, it serves as a means to pose meaningful, authentic questions and to seek their answers; –Like a journal, it serves as a medium for personalizing knowledge and for reflection and as a means to foster intellectual and social growth. In short, the interactive notebook serves as a means to become the best active and independent thinker and learner you can be.

MATERIALS Composition Notebook Glue Stick Scissors Pen/Pencil Colored pencils

PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR NOTEBOOK It will be collected and graded. Professionalism is important. 1. Your handwriting must be neat and legible. 2. Avoid writing in the margins. (They will be used for comments.) 3. Do not doodle or scribble in your notebook. (Relevant and thoughtful artwork, diagrams, etc. are expected and encouraged.) 4. Follow the rules of grammar, punctuation, etc. in your notebook. ALL WRITING IS PRACTICE. 5. Use only for English!

1. NUMBER PAGES 1 TO 120 IN THE UPPER OUTSIDE CORNERS.

2 3

2. PAGE ONE IS YOUR TITLE PAGE. Label with: The class name, English 7 or English 8 Your name Period Simple colored illustration of your Favorite Book

1 CLASS NAME YOUR NAME PERIOD

3. PAGE TWO THROUGH FIVE WILL BE YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS. Table of Contents Date Assignment Page # Table of Contents Date Assignment Page # 2 3

WE ARE READY TO GO TO WORK! 1.Decorate your front cover