In British Literature, all notebooks will be collected before the end of the semester and graded as a test grade.  The purpose of this is to get you into a system of note taking and record keeping that will hopefully benefit you throughout the rest of your educational career as material becomes more complex and the demands on your time multiply.

Only 3 ring binder notebooks are practical because they allow adding material such as handouts and returned quizzes.  The bigger (2” rings) are the better!

To receive a grade, a notebook must have all the following material (the order will be specified before collection date):  Use dividers to label each section.

•     Class notes DATED AND LABELED with a title and listed in chronological order

•     Personal notes on class lecture, discussion and nightly reading assignments dated, labeled with
       title and in chronological order

•     Homework assignments dated, labeled, in chronological order

•     Vocabulary, especially literary terms

•     Any returned, graded papers such as homeworks collected for quiz grades and returned, plus
      graded and returned quizzes

•     Miscellaneous materials such as xeroxed handouts

No loose collection of papers, file folders or other make-shift notebooks will be accepted. No materials are to be stored in the text book.
 

The following scale will be used in evaluating notebooks:

“A”   1. complete materials in order, dated, labeled as indicated above
         2. frequent evidence of underlining/highlighting used to study for tests, quizzes
         3. personal notes on class material and text (other than what is written on the blackboard)
             labeled, dated
         4. legible, neat

“B”    1. same as #1 above
          2. some evidence of underlining/highlighting
          3. some personal notes
          4. legible, neat

“C”    1. same as # 1 above, complete but out of order
          2. no or little evidence of underlining/highlighting
          3. no or few personal notes
          4. mostly legible, neat

“D”    1. somewhat incomplete notes and/or homework, tests, quizzes
           2. no evidence of underlining/highlighting
           3. no personal notes
           4. partially legible

“E”     1. very incomplete or unsatisfactory notes with no evidence of attempt to order them
           2. no underlining/highlighting
           3. no personal notes
           4. no evidence of care in note taking (sloppy, illegible, scrap paper or doodling)

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