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Notebook
Reading
Assignments
Symposium
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 about Industrialization and Labor. It will
also provide a valuable resource for preparing for the Symposium and in
studying for 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)
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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 or for summaries
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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
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the key ideas should be highlighted using color,
indentations, skipped lines
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