Cuadernos+Interactivos


 * Cuadernos Interactivos - Interactive Student Notebooks **

** CSA Middle School Spanish 2011-2012 **

You have been given a composition notebook. This is your Cuaderno Interactivo, or CI. This year nearly all the work you do, except for work in project form, will be completed in your Cuaderno Interactivo. You will also keep all notes, hand-outs, graded work, and course information in your CIs. Your CI will be graded regularly and it will be a “one-stop shop” resource for you as we learn together. I will keep a master “Cuaderno de las Clase” for our class to keep you on track, and the set-up (page numbers, titles, etc.) of your notebook will match mine exactly. Some of the content of your CI will be things I give you, but a lot of the content will be all yours! > >
 * 1) **Page Numbering:** The first thing you will write in your CI is the page numbers. Together, we will number our pages on the top, right-hand corner of each right-side page. (You will use the left-hand pages, but you do not need to number them). Do not skip any pages and number until you get to the end of the notebook.
 * 2) **Table of Contents:** Pages 1-4 will be for the table of contents. Every time you make an entry in your CI, you should add the title and page number to the Table of Contents. Your Table of Contents should match the //Cuaderno de la Clase//. Not keeping track of your Table of Contents will cause you to lose some points from your CI participation grade (10% of your overall participation grade).
 * 3) **Right-Hand Pages:** As we learn through a Unit, you will keep notes, handouts, vocabulary, worksheets, lecture/video guides, and teacher questions on the right-hand pages. The titles and basic content of the right-hand pages should match the Cuaderno de la Clase. You will have a Key-Vocabulary page for each unit, but you will also keep a column running down the right side of your right-hand pages for new vocabulary that you come across throughout the unit. **The content on the right-hand pages will be course content that you are expected to learn and will be a resource to you as you learn.**
 * 4) **Left-Hand Pages:** You will frequently be given assignments to process information and content from right-hand pages on the corresponding left-hand page. You will put the content into your own words and think about it in a way that is unique to you using graphic organizers, drawings, reflections, creative writing, notes to yourself, and any questions you have about the assignments.**The content on the left-hand pages should be relevant to the course content, creative, and should show your understanding of course content.**
 * 5) **Missed Work:** If you miss a day of class you MUST get the CI content for the day and make-up the work. The //Cuaderno de la Clase// will be available for you to find anything you missed. You will also choose two classmates to be your //“Cuaderno Compañeros”// and you can find out what you missed from them.
 * 1) ** Grading: **
 * ** Completion Checks: ** Your CI participation will be graded with completion checks which will be quick and frequent. They will be graded with a checklist that determines whether your CI is up-to-date at that moment or not. Not bringing your CI to class will cause you to have an automatic zero for the completion check that day.
 * ** Homework and Graded Classwork: ** Graded homework and classwork will be kept in your CIs and will count toward your Student Work grade.
 * ** Unit CI Interviews: ** Each unit you will have a two minute CI interview to show me what you have learned in your CI for the unit. This interview will be graded with a checklist and will count as a Quiz/Test grade.