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Notebook
Stock Market
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Journal-Scrapbook
Literature
Rubric
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Purpose: Notebooks
for this unit will help you organize and make sense of what you are reading,
watching, doing and thinking. Your notebook will be the repository for
information on the 20's and 30ís, to aid you in creating your Journal-Scrapbook
and in completing your final assessment.
Materials: spiral
notebook, pens, colored pencils and highlighters, glue stick.
Notebook Sections:
Notes (put on right
side of notebook)
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write down key points and ideas from the reading,
film, discussion, seminar or other activity
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quote key passages
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cite bibliographic references
Personal Response (put
on left side of notebook)
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reflect on readings, films, simulations, seminars
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make connections with other ideas and experiences
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jot down questions you think of during class or reading
assignments
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create your own diagram, cluster, or graphic of what
we're studying
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add your own illustrations, cartoons, poems, etc.
Time Out (put wherever
there's room)
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cut out magazine or newspaper articles, drawings,
cartoons, or pictures which connect to what we're studying; paste them
into your notebook
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write comments on what you've included
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use these to enrich your notebook -- not assigned,
but will add to your study
Literature Section: (as
a separate section in the same spiral notebook)
Extended Reading
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use post-its to write marginal notes as you read;
record your notes later in double-entry format
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right side is for direct quotes from the book, with
page numbers
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left side is for marginal notes, reflection and response
Your notebook will be
graded on (also see Unit Rubric):
Completeness and Depth
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notebook should contain all assigned writings: left-side
reflection and right-side notes
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writing should be thorough and complete
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writing should show your thinking
Visual Appeal and Clarity
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your notebook should be neat and not crowded
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each entry should be clearly labeled with title,
format (video, reader article, activity....), and date
the key ideas should be highlighted using color,
indentations, skipped lines
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