NOTEBOOK ORGANIZER (2014-2015)

Students, you are required to organize your notebooks based on this format.

There will be a notebook check. If you are missing any of the items on the list, please see me, or ask a classmate to allow you to make a copy. (If it is on this list, you most definitely need it.)

*NOTE: Per the Course Policies Guide, no quizzes or tests should be kept in your 3-ring binder. All quizzes and tests should be kept in the academic folder which is kept in the classroom.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL RED ITEMS ON THE LIST HAVE YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED...ADD THE ITEMS TO YOUR NOTEBOOK WHEN YOU RECEIVE THEM.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL DAILY RECORD HALF-SHEETS SHOULD BE KEPT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IN YOUR NOTEBOOK (USE A POCKET)

SECTION I (ADMINISTRATIVE FILES)

1. HANDOUT: Course Curriculum Paper
2. HANDOUT: Course Policies Guide
3. HANDOUT: Grade Logs (Quarters 1-4) 
4. ASSIGNMENT: The Active Speaker Assignment

SECTION II (REFERENCE HANDOUTS) 

1. HANDOUT: Depth of Knowledge (DoK) Chart
2. HANDOUT: Identifying the Main Idea (Main Idea Notes)

3. HANDOUT: Tone and Mood Words
4. HANDOUT: AP Allusions

5. HANDOUT: AP Archetypes
6. HANDOUT: The SOAPSTone Method
7. HANDOUT: Supplemental Handout (Non-Fiction Unit Concepts)

8. HANDOUT: Point of View
9. HANDOUT: Annotation Codes (Before/During/After Reading)

10. HANDOUT: Supplemental Handout (Into the Wild)
11. HANDOUT: Overview Guide for Analysis Project (Into the Wild)
12. HANDOUT: Notes on What to Annotate When Reading Actively (Short Fiction)
13. HANDOUT: Character Analysis Traits

SECTION III (UNIT NOTES) 

1. NOTES: Unit Lesson (Analyzing Non-Fiction Texts)

2. NOTES: Unit Lesson (Annotations and Active Reading)
3. NOTES: Unit Lesson (Concepts of Analysis Writing)
4. NOTES: Unit Lesson (Analyzing Fiction)

SECTION IV (UNIT ACTIVITIES)  

1. Active Reading Assignment: "Sweet 16 and Spoiled Rotten" (Cox)*
2. Active Reading Assignment: "The Pleasure of Books" (Phelps)*
3. Active Reading Assignment: "The City Tourists Never Knew" (Steptoe)*
4. Active Reading Assignment: "from All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" (Angelou)*
5. Informal Unit Activity #1: Identifying and Analyzing NF Concepts
6. Informal Unit Activity #2: Identifying and Analyzing NF Concepts

*NOTE: This is the Analysis Discussion Seminar Questions and Responses, Rubric, and Notes.

SECTION V (SAT VOCABULARY STUDY)

Essentials

1. NOTES: Vocabulary Development and Comprehension
2. HANDOUT: SAT Vocabulary Suffix Guide
3. HANDOUT: Studying Vocabulary Through Context Clues
4. HANDOUT: Six Types of Context Clues
5. HANDOUT: Word analysis/Teaching Word Parts

SAT Vocabulary List #1  

1. SAT Vocabulary List #1 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #1 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #2

1. SAT Vocabulary List #2 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #2 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #3

1. SAT Vocabulary List #3 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #3 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #4

1. SAT Vocabulary List #4 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #4 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #5

1. SAT Vocabulary List #5 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #5 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #6

1. SAT Vocabulary List #6 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #6 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #7

1. SAT Vocabulary List #7 Formative Study Guide
2. SAT Vocabulary List #7 Quick Review Sheet

SAT Vocabulary List #8

1. SAT Vocabulary List #8 Formative Study Guide 
2. SAT Vocabulary List #8 Quick Review Sheet

SECTION VI (GRAMMAR STUDY)

Notes

Handouts


Grammar Study Assignments

Practice Grammar Assignments 

*NOTE: File practice exercises or assignments here.

SECTION VII (WRITING ASSIGNMENTS/ACTIVITIES)

Writing Essentials
 
1. HANDOUT: Plagiarism Reference Sheet
2. HANDOUT: Types of Writing
3. HANDOUT: Key Principles of the Passage Analysis
4. HANDOUT: Examples of the “One Chunk” Body Paragraph 
5. HANDOUT: The 9-Point AP Scale Rubric for Writing

6. HANDOUT: Writing Assignment Commentary Guide

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Essays 

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Chunk Paragraph Writing #1 ("The City Tourists Never Knew")
2. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Analysis Essay ("from All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes")
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Analysis Essay (Chopin and American Realism) 
 
Personal Responses

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Typed Journal Response for Fahrenheit 451 Topic 1
2. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Typed Journal Response for Fahrenheit 451 Topic 2
3. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Typed Journal Response for Fahrenheit 451 Topic 3

Literary Passage Analysis

1. Timed Analysis Assignment (In-Class): "The Cask of Amontillado" (Poe)
2. Timed Analysis Assignment (In-Class): Text A or Text B (Hurst or Capote)

Special Assignments 

SECTION VIII (SUPPLEMENTS)

*NOTE: Please blank notebook paper in this section of your notebook.

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NOTEBOOK EVALUATION

Your notebook will be evaluated based on two specific areas:

1. [N] Neatness (25 points)
2. [O] Organization (25 points)