The Interactive Notebook
The Interactive Notebook is a project that we will work on for the entire course. The purpose of this notebook is to help you prepare for the quizzes and tests in this class. It will also allow you to take an in depth look at the material we discuss in class. The notebook grade is a summative (test) grade, because the skills acquired while completing the pages of this notebook will be cumulative of all assignments throughout the year.
Every student will need a spiral notebook with at least 70 pages in it. Do not take the pages out of this notebook to use for other assignments or you will run out of pages before the end of the course.
The information I provide to you will always be on the right side of the notebook. Your processing information will always be on the left side of the notebook.
Left SideStudent Process New Ideas / Right Side
Teacher Provides New Information
• Reorganize new information in
creative formats
• Express opinions and feelings
• Explore new ideas
**There are approved ideas for the left side below. / • Class notes
• Discussion Notes
• Reading Notes
• Handouts with new information
A page will not earn points if any of the three guidelines are done incorrectly. It is essential that the students follow these guidelines.
1. The entire page must be complete to earn the points. Students can finish pages at home if they do not finish them in class.
2. Every page must have the proper heading on it. (name, date, assignment name, page #)
3. Every page must be started on the right side. You must continue to the right side of the next page if you need more room to complete and assignment.
**Approved ideas for the left side.
1. Advertisements – design advertisements to represent migration, settlement, or the significance of a specific site.
2. Mind Maps – create mind maps after discussions to show how the information relate to the topics.
3. Annotated Illustrations – make annotated illustrations to recount information related to the topic.
4. Annotated Slides – use simple sketches of powerful images, accompanied by annotations, to help you understand difficult content.
5. Book or Compact Disk Covers – design book or compact disk covers to highlight and illustrate important concepts.
6. Caricatures – draw caricatures to present the main characteristics of the concepts or how an individual or group can perceive the information.
7. Eulogies – write eulogies to extol the characteristics of products that demonstrate the concepts.
8. Facial Expressions – draw facial expressions to summarize the feelings of groups who have different perspectives on a single event or concept.
9. Flow Charts – create flow charts to show causal relationships or to show steps in a sequence.
10. Forms of Poetry – write various forms of poetry to describe a person, place, event, or feeling of a concept.
11. Illustrated Dictionary Entries – explain key terms by created illustrated dictionary entries. Write a definition, provide a synonym and an antonym, and draw an illustration to represent each term.
12. Illustrated Outlines – use simple drawings and symbols to graphically highlight or organize class notes.
13. Illustrated Proverbs – create illustrated proverbs to explain complex concepts.
14. Illustrated Timelines – create illustrated timelines to sequence a series of events in chronological order.
15. Invitations – design invitations that highlight or explain the main goals and key facts of important concepts.
16. Making Connections Outside the Classroom – after completing an activity, find examples outside of class of the topic or concept studied.
17. Mind Notes – draw and label outlines of important information. Fill in the outline with quotations and paraphrased thoughts of information from the chapter.
18. Mosaics – synthesize information from a broad content area by creating mosaics. Use visuals and words to represent similarities, differences, and important concepts.
19. Perspective Pieces – design drawings or write newspaper articles to represent different perspectives on controversial figures, events, and concepts related to the topics.
20. Pictowords– create pictowords (symbolic representations of words or phrases that show their meaning) to help define difficult concepts.
21. Cartoons and Comic Strips – create cartoons and comic strips to provide commentary on important events related to the concepts.
22. Postcards – after studying specific content, write postcards to summarize information about places or events that explain the concepts.
23. Posters – draw posters to emphasize key points about ideas, or concepts in the notes.
24.Report Card – evaluate and assess marketing strategies related to a product, service, or company.
25. Sensory Figures – create sensory figures (simple drawings of figures with descriptions of what they might be seeing, hearing, saying, feeling, or doing) to show the thoughts related to a marketing strategy.
26. Spectrums – place information on spectrums to show multiple perspectives on a topic or to express an opinion about a topic or concept.
27. Spoke Diagrams – create spoke diagrams as a visual alternative to outlining.
28. T-Charts – create T-charts to compare classroom experiences with marketing trends, to look at advantages and disadvantages of a topic, or to compare and contrast two different items.
29. Venn Diagrams – create Venn diagrams to compare and contrast people, concepts, places, or groups.
30. “What If?” Statements – use “what if?” statements to apply newfound knowledge to hypothetical marketing situations.
31. Design Sketches – sketch clothing designs that help illustrate concepts discussed in class.