Interactive Notebook Guidelines 7th Grade Social Studies
Interactive Notebook Guidelines 7th Grade Social Studies
Interactive Notebook Guidelines 7th Grade Social Studies
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<strong>Interactive</strong> <strong>Notebook</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong><br />
<strong>7th</strong> <strong>Grade</strong> <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Studies</strong><br />
What is the purpose of the notebook?<br />
The purpose of the interactive notebook is to enable you to be a creative, organized, and<br />
independent thinker and writer. <strong>Interactive</strong> notebooks will be used for class notes as well<br />
as for other activities where you will be asked to express your own ideas and process the<br />
information present in and by this class.<br />
How should my notebook be organized?<br />
The Right Side of your notebook is for class notes, discussion note, reading notes and<br />
handouts with new information. As you take notes, structure them so that key information<br />
and ideas are clear. The Right Side of your notebook is teacher provided information.<br />
The Left Side of you notebook will be used for a variety of different activities. The Left<br />
Side of your notebook is for processing or expressing ideas you have learned in class. You<br />
may be asked to create graphic organizers, charts, poems, or drawing pictures. This side<br />
should be where all of your creative and artistic inklings come bursting through.<br />
All class notes and notebook assignments should be included, even for days when you are<br />
absent. An important part of you notebook is its visual appearance. Your notebook should<br />
be NEAT! Each entry should be titled, dated, and recorded in the table of contents. Your<br />
artistic and organizational skills should be visible throughout the notebook. Your book will<br />
have a table of contents like so:<br />
Title of assignment Date Page #<br />
Notes: 1. Make sure you put your name in your notebook!<br />
2. Make sure you number the pages of your notebook- this should be the first<br />
thing you do when you begin!<br />
Including information in your notebook<br />
When we include outside handouts in the notebook, we will be pasting the contents in.<br />
Sometimes we will do this in class, but there are many times I will ask you to do this at<br />
home on your own. If you need to trim the handout down to fit the composition page ,<br />
please make sure you do so.<br />
What happens if I am absent?<br />
If you are absent, it is your responsibility to obtain notebook assignments from either a<br />
homework partner or the teacher.
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