Binder Test Items

On Monday we will have our first Binder Test. On a Binder Test, I choose 10 items that the students should have in their binder. These items could be daily writing activities, returned grades, notes, or anything else they should be keeping in their binder. These tests are a good way for me to make sure students are completing daily work and staying organized. Below is a list of items that could be checked on the upcoming Binder Test. This is the only time I will make a list of items that could be checked. I am doing this because it is the first Binder Test and students are not familiar with the process. Students have been given a fair amount of time to finish these assignments in class.

Here are the items students should have in their binder so far this year:

• English Class Syllabus
• Notes Tab
• STAR Revising Reminders/COPS Editing Reminders/Editing Checklist
• Editing/Revising Practice 
• Subject/Predicate Notes
• Figurative Language Notes
• Writing Tab
• Footprints to the Future Rough Draft
• Quick writes (3)
• Train Writing
• Memory Writing
• Snapshot Writing
• Personification in Poetry (assignment posted on blog, if needed)
• Hyperbole Tall Tale
• Onomatopoeia Comic Strip
• Alliteration Fairy-tale
• Caught Ya Grammar Tab
• Week 1 (8/18-8/22)
• Week 2-3 (8/28-9/5)
• Vocab Tab
• None so far
• Grades
• Footprint to Future Final Draft
• Narrative Writing Final Draft (Train Writing, Memory, OR Snapshot)

Feel free to send me an email this weekend if you are confused about anything listed here. Hopefully, everyone is staying on top of their work and keeping it well organized!!