Binder Setup
I have found that most students need to be dragged kicking and screaming into some semblance of organization. Binders can help! I recommend that you purchase a writing binder for each of your students. In it you can keep the class sylabus, yearly calendar, and printed final drafts of compositions.
IEW's Student Resource Packet & Binder
Optional but Highly Recommended
Foundations Classes, Essay, Intro to Literary Analysis, Intro to Research Papers
This is an amazing resource which I refer to often in class. I highly recommend you purchase it. The packet contains charts, reminders, style samples, tips, exercises, word lists, and much more. It is a resource can be used each year. The binder comes pre-filled with tabs. You can also purchase these items separately.
Binder Sections by Class
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Set up Writing Binder
Print and put in front of the binder:
Foundations Classes - Retrieving and Submitting Homework
Add these tabs:
Vocabulary (for definitions and quizzes)
Completed Work (if you'd like to print and save graded homework)
Fix It (Put the handwritten story here or keep it in your Fix It book.)
Literature (Put notebook paper here for notes about the novels.)
Student Resource Packet pages should follow above tabs.
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Print this page and place in front of your binder:
Print this page and place after the above page:
Retrieving and Submitting Work by Email – Essay, Lit Analysis, Research Papers
Add these tabs:
Homework Assignments
Vocabulary
Essay Elements & Types
MLA Structure/Works Cited
Highly Recommended:
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Homework Assignments [weekly printouts]
Vocabulary [weekly printouts]
Stories [weekly printouts]
Completed Work
Literary Elements/Essay Structure [weekly printouts]
MLA Structure /Works Cited
Highly Recommended:
Print the page below and place in the front of your binder:
Print the page below and place after the above page:
Retrieving and Submitting Work by Email – Essay, Lit Analysis, Research Papers
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Print the page below and place in the front of your binder:
Print the page below and place after the above page:
Retrieving and Submitting Work by Email – Essay, Lit Analysis, Research Papers
Tabs:
Homework Assignments
Articles/research
Current Work
Completed Work
Essay Structure [weekly printouts]
MLA Structure/Works Cited
Highly Recommended: