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

2. Have you ever heard yourself say . . .
I can't find my . . .
notes, homework, outline. . .
I can't remember what
we did in class yesterday.
I'm sure it’s in . . .
my binder. . .
my book bag . . .
my room . . .
I was absent last week, did I miss anything?

3. Get it together with your
Interactive
Notebook

4. What is an Interactive Notebook?
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio housing all of your notes, classwork, rough drafts, etc. – in one convenient spot.

5. Left Side – Right Side Orientation
The Left side is “left” for you. This is the side that you can use to show me your creativity, take ownership and showcase your understanding of tasks at hand.
The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes or modeled instruction. Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

6. Odd Pages Even Pages

7. Examples of Left Side Assignments
Graphic Organizers
Illustrations
Summaries
Persuasion/Arguments
Reflections
Rough Drafts

8. Evidence of Text Analysis

9. Concept Map

10. Venn Diagram

11. Reflections

12. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary
Close Reads

13. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodles that are irrelevant to notes
Notebook should only be used for English (No other classes!!)
Date and number each page

14. Let’s Setup your notebook!
Write your FIRST and LAST name on the front cover
Write English III and Ms. Norris on the front cover
Write your period on the front cover

15. Turn to the 1st page in your notebook:
Shiloh Gibbs
Period 1/Norris
Using a sticky note, jot down the following items required for this page:
FIRST and LAST name
Period/Teacher
Pictures of hobbies you enjoy
Pictures of books or genres you’ve read or enjoy
In the lower right hand corner write COVER PAGE

16. On the next two sets of pages:
Write the word Date on both pages, inside the red marked margin line
Using the top margin, title both pages Table of Contents.
Assignment
Assignment
Page #s
Date
Page #s

17. Turn to the next set of pages in your notebook:
Using the LOWER outside corners of each page, number your pages
from 1-50, use the fronts and backs of page.
Which side is ODD and which side is EVEN?