For Pride and Prejudice, I will be formalizing the process of taking notes that I have been expecting of you throughout the course. If you do not already have a dedicated notebook for this class, you will need to have one by Tuesday, January 17. I will perform spot checks of your notebooks to confirm that you are taking notes on material I present in class (definitions, character maps, literary terms, etc.) as well as completing the in-class free writes.
I will not require you to write the vocabulary definitions and answers to the syllabus questions, however, for Pride and Prejudice, quizzes will be open notebook, which will hopefully provide you with an incentive to keep track of the vocabulary words and to attend to the syllabus questions while you read. You must have your own notebook (not a print out of someone else’s notes), and you may not furiously copy a classmate’s notebook in the five minutes before class starts, but if you have defined the vocabulary in your notebook and answered the syllabus questions, you may use those for daily quizzes.
As you read, look up the vocabulary words suggested (or look up a specified number of words you find on your own, for some assignments) and record them in your notebook (note the page number for words not listed on the syllabus). Use the definition that makes the most sense in the context. On the days when you are responsible for looking up a specified number of words, you may be quizzed on those words.
