Interactive Student Interactive Student NotebooksNotebooks
“ISN”
What is the ISN?
Notebook for grammar and videos
A creative outlet
An alternate portfolio
A place to keep organized notes
Setting up your ISN
❀ Decorate the cover (this should be about Spanish class)
❀ Number pages (front and back) beginning at 1 (in the upper outside corner)
❀ Decorate and label your title page (this should be all about YOU)
❀ Glue in the necessary pages (see handout)
❀ Format your Table of Contents (TOC)
Right Hand❀ Always odd pages
❀ For notes (Cornell style unless told otherwise). Notes that are more than a page should be glued to the bottom of the current sheet (see class example)
❀ Also for worksheets, tests, handouts, and quizzes, classwork, and homework.
❀ Use highlighters and graphic organizers to make notes meaningful.
Right Hand Examples
Left Hand Used to synthesize information and notes.
Always even pages
Can use any the following activities:Thinking Maps Foldables
Original Drawings Reflections
Postcards Cartoons
Sentences or Paragraphs (in Spanish)
Posters/Comic Strips
Advertisements Poems
“What if?” Statements HOT questions w/answers
Left Hand Examples
Things to Remember
❀ For every page of notes, there should be a heft-hand assignment.
❀ DO NOT use the back of a page for notes. Continue on a separate sheet.
❀ Use varied assignments on the left-hand side.
❀ Glue in sheets at the beginning of class instead of waiting until the next day (or later).
Things to Remember
It’s okay to draw on your notes.
Complete all left-hand assignments after writing summary of Cornell Notes.
Don’t wait until last minute to create left-side assignments.