NOTEBOOK STRUCTURE CHART (2011-2012)

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 Orientation Notes, 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: SOME ITEMS ON THE LIST HAVE YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED...ADD THE ITEMS TO YOUR NOTEBOOK WHEN YOU RECEIVE THEM.

SECTION I (ADMINISTRATIVE FILES)

1. HANDOUT: Course Syllabus
2. HANDOUT: Course Standards
3. HANDOUT: Course Orientation Notes
4. HANDOUT: Restroom Passes 
5. HANDOUT: Grade Log (Quarters 1)
6. HANDOUT: Lesson Plans (keep in order)

SECTION II (UNIT/CHAPTER NOTES & OUTLINES)  

1. NOTES: Current Events/Press Conference Mini-Lesson 
2. NOTES: Topic Entry Writing Mini-Lesson
3. NOTES: Chapter 1 Formative Assessment Study Guide
3. NOTES: Chapter 1 Outline (Topics and Terms)
4. NOTES: Chapter 1 Notes (from Daily Lessons)
5. NOTES: Chapter 1 Notes ('9/11' Documentary Notes)  
6. NOTES: Chapter 1 Notes ('JFK: Breaking the News' Documentary Notes)
7. NOTES: Chapter 2 Notes ('Media Ethics' Documentary Notes)

SECTION III (UNIT/CHAPTER ACTIVITIES)
 
1. CHAPTER 1 ASSIGNMENT: Activity 1.1-Putting History in a Line

SECTION IV (UNIT/CHAPTER HANDOUTS)

1. CHAPTER 1 HANDOUT: Model 1.1-Communications History
2. CHAPTER 2 HANDOUT: 'Jimmy's World'
3. CHAPTER 2 HANDOUT: 'The Big Lie'
4. CHAPTER 2 HANDOUT: 'Times Reporter...'
5. CHAPTER 2 HANDOUT: Ex-USA Today Reporter...'
6. CHAPTER 2 HANDOUT: 'Tabloid Bites Man'


SECTION V (WRITING ASSIGNMENTS/ACTIVITIES)

Writing Essentials 

1. HANDOUT: Plagiarism Supplemental 
2. HANDOUT: Turn-it-in Information Guide Sheet 
3. HANDOUT: The 9 Point AP Scale 
4. HANDOUT: Writing Assignment Commentary Guide
5. HANDOUT: Copy editing Symbols Guide #1
6. HANDOUT: Copy editing Symbols Guide #2
 
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Major Writing Assignments

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Diagnostic Essay (The News Debate)

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Chapter Writing Assignments

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT (Chapter 1): Activity 1.1 Follow-up
2. WRITING ASSIGNMENT (Chapter 1): On Assignment #8 (p. 24)

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Topic Entry Writing Assignments (In-Class)*

*NOTE: Keep the prompt/guide sheet in the order in which they were given.

 
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Extended Topic Entry Assignments (Take home)

SECTION VI (NEWS ARTICLE SUPPLEMENTS)

1. HANDOUT: New York Times (Sept. 18, 1851)
2. HANDOUT: New York Times (Sept. 6, 1901)
3. HANDOUT: New York Times (Sept. 12, 2001)
4. HANDOUT: '9/11 Victim's Name Misspelled on Memorial' (Sept. 13, 2011)
5. HANDOUT: New York Post (Sept. 18, 2011)

SECTION VII (CURRENT EVENTS QUIZZES)
 
1. CEQ #1 (8/29/11)
2. CEQ #2 (9/7/11)
3. CEQ #3 (9/13/11)
4. CEQ #4 (9/19/11)

SECTION VIII (SUPPLEMENTS)*

*NOTE: USE THIS SECTION TO STORE NOTEBOOK PAPER
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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)