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The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers. Interactive notebooks are used for class notes as well as for other activities where the student will be asked to express his/her own ideas and process the information presented in class.

Everything your student does in class will be in the interactive notebook. All assignments will be graded from this book so it is important that your student keep track of it all year long. This is their life in social studies.

I do allow all students the option of keeping the notebook in class so that it does not get lost!

 

The students will need 1 notebook for each semester!

Below is the standard set up of an Interactive Notebook provided by Addison Wesley's program History Alive!

Left Side of the Notebook

  • Paraphrase or clarify items
  • Enter a drawing, photo, sketch, or magazine picture that illustrates the concept, ideas, or facts
  • Pose questions about the information
  • Form and express an opinion
  • Predict outcomes or next steps
  • Create a metaphor that captures the essence of the information/issue
  • Formulate and record a contradictory perspective
  • Write a reflection on the information or experience
  • Find a quote that connects to the concept; record it and explain your rationale
  • Make connections between the information/text and your own life, another text, and/or the world
  • Create a mind map that captures the main topic and key concepts and supportive detail
  • Create an acronym that will help you to remember the information covered
  • Make connections to the content/processes of other courses

Right Side of the Notebook

Notes on a:

  • mini-lesson
  • lecture
  • lab
  • reading
  • film/video/documentary
  • small group or large group discussion
  • collaborative group process
  • a copied excerpt of a text

 

 

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/interactivenotebook.htm