Bellwork, Friday, July 28 th , 2017

1. Bellwork, Friday, July 28th, 2017 • Please make sure that you turn in your syllabus signature page • There is a seating chart today. Make sure that you are sitting in the correct seat. • Get out your composition book/notebook/binder with paper

2. InteractiveNotebooks English 10 Mrs. Kittredge 2017-2018

3. What are Interactive Notebooks? • A note taking process that allows students to record information in a personal and meaningful way. • A way for students use teacher supplied notes to draw whatever illustration makes sense to them. • A way for students to personalize their work.

4. Interactive Notebooks … • Can be in pencil, crayon, or colored pencils • Are personal and unique to each student • Allow students to doodle or draw in their notebook and still be on task!

5. In an Interactive Notebook, • Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted • Arrows are used to show relationships between graphics and notes • Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts, graphic organizers, songs, really anything can be included

6. Interactive Notebooks Allow Students to… • Record information in an engaging way • Rehearse and retell information • Discuss and accept other’s ideas • Identify main ideas • Paraphrase/Rhetorical Precis • Transform written concepts into visuals • Become more independent thinkers

7. What will be in it? • Class Notes and Activities • Vocabulary Words, Timelines and Bellwork

8. What Students Need… • The notebook-loose leaf paper in a three pronged folder, spiral notebook, or composition book • Pencils, regular and colored • Liquid glue or a glue stick • Scissors • Ruler • Teacher supplied notes

9. How is it Organized? 1) The Notebook has a title page 2) Table of contents 3) Teacher supplied notes 4) Student created graphics/notes

10. THE NOTEBOOK’S COVER Students’ notebooks should be easily recognizable to each student. My Book

11. Let’s Begin • Create a title page for the notebook. This includes student’s name and number, and any other information you think is important. • Number the first page #1. On the back of PAGE #1, number it as PAGE #2. Odd numbers will always on the right side pages, and even numbers will always be on the left. There will be NO blank pages. • Pages are NEVER torn out. Notebooks must be kept neat because students will need them to study.

12. Table of Contents 1 • Writing and Grammar • Parts of Speech…………………………………………………………5-6 • Summary/Paraphrase/Evaluate/Analyze…………………………….....7-8 • Types of Sentences……...……………………………………………..9-10 • Intro. Paragraph………………………………………………………11-12 • Leads/Hooks………………………………………………………….13-14 • Body Paragraphs…………………………………………………...…15-16 • Conclusions………………………………………………………..…17-18 • Independent/Dependent Clauses……………….…………………….19-22 • Noun Phrases...........………………………………………………….23-24 • Verb Phrases………………………………………………………….25-26 • Don’t Float Your Quotes #1……………………….................………27-28 • Don’t Float Your Quotes #2…………………………………...……..29-30 • Don’t Float Your Quotes #3………………………………………….31-32

13. Poetry/Figurative Language 2 • How to Read a Poem……………………………..33-34 • The Grammar Lesson………………………..…...35-36 • Imagery/Figurative Language……………………37-38 • Loneliness………………………………………...39-40 • To a Mouse……………………………………….41-42 • Author’s Purpose • Fiction/Non-Fiction…………………………...….43-48 • PIE………………………………………………..49-53 • Text Structures……………………………………54-59 • Point of View……………………………………..60-64 • Tone/Mood……………………………………….65-68

14. Elements of Fiction 3 • Plotline………………………………………69 • Theme…………………………………….…70 • Of Mice and Men Plotline…………………...71 • Of Mice and Men Characters………………..72 • Elements of Drama………………………73-74 • Characterization……………………….…75-76 • Symbolism…………………………………..77 • Elements of Non-Fiction • MLA Format…………………………..…78-79

15. Vocabulary 4 • Connotation and Denotation…………….80 • Bellwork...........................................100-end

16. Marking Up and Boxing In • Block in the text, make a line separating this information from other notes • Underline key concepts and circle words you need to know • Next, draw an arrow to the other side of the notebook and box in • Paraphrase your notes and create your graphics

17. Paraphrasing (Optional) • Paraphrasing takes a lot of modeling and is not learned easily. • Students rewrite teacher supplied notes in their words. This gives them ownership and makes them think about their notes.

18. Graphics/ Student Notes • Students draw pictures of their notes, create charts, diagrams, cartoons-- whatever they want. • Teacher must be able to identify what is being explained. • This allows for various learning styles and allows students to be imaginative and creative--experiment!

19. Do they Understand It? • All information that is tested can be found in their notebooks • If a student misses an item on a quiz, they can locate that info in their notebooks and mark that page-usually with a sticky post it note

20. Studying with Interactive Notebooks • Read the notes. Marking up and highlighting key concepts helps them to focus on main ideas. • Paraphrasing helps them to process the information. • Studying the graphics help students to create pictures in their minds. This is a fundamental difference between good and poor readers.

21. How is the Notebook graded? • Explain rubric to students • Notebooks are collected the day of the final exam • Notebooks may be collected with or without notice, so…. students MUST have their notebook everyday.

22. Remember… • Student work is recorded in an interactive notebook • Students are required to bring the notebook EVERY DAY • Notebooks should be well cared for, so they can last throughout the school YEAR