Your Class Notebook
Your Class Notebook
Each German student is required to have a notebook for German class. A well-maintained, organized notebook will be one of your most important study tools as you learn to speak and communicate in a second language. You must bring it with you to class every day, and you are required to keep all your German papers in it. If you handle your notebook carefully, it should last several years. Please read the following guidelines carefully:
Your notebook should be a three-ring binder or a folder used solely for German class.
Papers should be neatly organized with the following papers:
- Allgemeine Auskunft (class guidelines & rules, German web site info, progress & Daily Participation reports, classroom policies, partner "clocks", etc.)
- Vokabeln (chapter vocabulary, supplemental vocabulary lists and notes, etc.)
- Grammatik (grammar notes & explanations, verb endings & tenses, etc.)
- Die Kulturecke (songs, maps, notes on videos, articles relating to the target culture, geography-related material, etc.)
- Schreiben (all original work.)
- Aufgaben (daily homework not in workbook- filed in order by date)
Your notebook should be kept up-to-date on a regular (preferably daily) basis.
You may use the filed contents of your notebook for answers to "notebook quizzes." You may not use papers that are stuck in the front or back pockets of the notebook, nor may you use papers that are stashed in your textbook. The grades that you receive on these short, unannounced quizzes will count as part of your preparation grade.
If you continue on to the next level of German, information from previous years can be very beneficial. Keep your notebook and its contents for the next year!
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Last updated 6/24/2006