1. Interactive Student Notebook
Your Key to success in Ms. T.K.Jones’
Language Arts class

2. Have you ever heard yourself say . . .
I can't find my . . .
notes, homework, old quizzes . . .
I can't remember what
we did in class yesterday.
I'm sure its in . . .
my locker . . .
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 – all of your notes, classwork, quizzes – 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.
The Right side is “Restricted” and contains teacher guided notes. Nothing else should be placed on the Right side!!

6. Purpose:
To assist students with being creative, independent and reflective thinkers and writers.
To allow students to express their own ideas and process and/or apply information and skills learned in class.

7. LEFT PAGE
Student
Responses
RIGHT PAGE
Teacher Input

8. Right Side The Right side belongs to the teacher
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
Content and Language Objectives
Other relevant information

9. 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 unless otherwise instructed.

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

11. Examples of Right Side Assignments
Notes
Study Guides
Vocabulary
Discussion Questions

12. The Left side belongs to YOU!
Left Side is to record your thinking, reflections, questions, thoughts, impressions, connections, and wonderings.
The Left side belongs to YOU!

13. Make connections between new and old learning Questions Poems or songs
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

14. 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.

15. Make connections between new and old learning Questions Poems or songs
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

16. 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.

18. Examples of Left Side Assignments
Warm-Up
Webs
Diagrams
Poems
Reflections
Comics

19. Advertisements

20. Illustrated Outlines

21. Sensory Figures

22. Sensory Figures, cont.

23. Concept Map

24. Acrostics

25. Comic Strips

26. Venn Diagram

27. Student Materials Mead 5 Star Notebook Erasable pens Colored pencils
Glue sticks (2 per month)
Scissors
Highlighters

28. Maintaining the Interactive Notebook
No ripped out pages or torn corners
No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
Notebook should only be used in Language Arts. (No other classes!!)
Date and number each page

29. Step 1: Label the first six pages using Roman numerals as shown below…
Step 1: Label the first six pages using Roman numerals as shown below…. i(R), ii(L), iii(R), iv(L), v(R), vi (L) i ii
iii

30. Step 2: After vi (L), number the right side
Page beginning with #1(L). Number from Ex. 1 (r) (l) (r)… etc
1(r)
2(L)
3(r)
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents

31. Step 3 Go back to pg. i at the beginning
In large, colorful letters write the following:
YOUR NAME:
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
PERIOD:

32. Step 4: Go to p. vi. In the center, write
‘ISN Notebook Check Grade Report”
-This is where your graded monthly
rubrics will be stored.

33. Step 5: Go back to page 1 (r). At the top center, write TABLE OF
CONTENTS
In the right margin, write PAGE
-Do this for pages 1(r), 2(l), 3(r),

34. Example:
1(r) vi pg
Table of Contents

35. Step 5:
Go back to page v. and attach the Rituals and Routines Power Point handout that you received the first week of school using your glue stick.
-Because there is important information on the back, you will create a valley fold at the very top, apply glue to the fold, and attach so that it can flip up.

36. Step 6: -Attach your syllabus to page iii using your personal stapler.
-Read over your syllabus with a partner. Highlight important things that you will need to know to be successful in 8th grade ELA.

37. Step 7:
Assignment: On page ii of your ISN, draw and illustrate a postcard to someone that you know. Tell them about your new class and include four things you will need to know and do to be successful.
Note: Remember the Left hand side is yours. Be creative and COLOR WITH PURPOSE!!!!

38. Homework: P. iv should be titled ‘ALL ABOUT ME.’
Write a paragraph that describes who
you are. Feel free to glue pictures of
yourself or things that you like to this
page. Remember, this page defines who
you are. COLOR WITH PURPOSE!