Class+Scribe+Prompts

(back) **Class Scribe Prompt***

**Purpose**: > To maintain an ongoing record of class activities and learning

> To demonstrate the ability to write a report of information

> To demonstrate the ability to deliver an oral report to an audience of peers

**Assignment**:

Please use the questions below to guide you as you **take notes on today’s class activities for your job as class scribe**: **Class Discourse** **Class Stars** **Class Stars-in-the-Making** **Moving-on-Up**
 * For **homework**, read over your notes and **compose** (in type or neatly in ink) **an engaging narrative for your teacher and classmates** that describes in clear and specific detail what transpired in class. Don’t be afraid to use vivid sensory imagery and actual dialogue.
 * On the day that you observe and take notes, be sure to **snag handouts or materials** for classmates who are absent plus one copy to keep in the class scribe notebook.
 * **Consider enhancing your report artistically**. Use original color drawings, collage, color cutouts from magazines, photographs of class activities, or any other creative idea you may have.
 * You will **deliver your report** the **day after** you observe the class and take notes, so **practice at home**.
 * The class will devise a **rubric to evaluate** the reports.
 * What did we learn or review today?
 * What handouts were given?
 * What were we expected to know and be able to do for the homework assignment?
 * Who helped a classmate?
 * Who said something interesting, profound, or thought-provoking during class discussion?
 * Write her/his exact words and put them in context.
 * Which of your classmates used her/his time wisely? How?
 * What other things did you notice that were deserving of commendation?
 * Who came to class late?
 * Who could be better prepared next time?
 * Who seemed to have been unable to do homework?
 * Who seemed to overlook the importance of courtesy and respect?
 * What other behaviors interfered with our learning?

Did anyone do better in any way than she/he has done before? **Extra! Extra! Read All About It!**

What other extraordinary kindly, scholarly, intelligent, dignified actions did you notice?

*Adapted from a form by A. Enciso, NBCT, Dorsey High School by Y. Hutchinson, NBCT, King/Drew High School