The week of 6/4/18
MONDAY 6/4
- Entrance activity: Checking weekly schedule and updating planner
- Information Essay Presentations
- Introduction to support networks:
- What is the difference between social and academic support networks
- What support networks do you have?
- Entrance Note: “What does the word ‘resilience' mean and how does one show resilience?”
- Connecting resilience to support networks
- Reading and marking the text: “Millions of Food Desert Dwellers Struggle to Get Fresh Groceries”
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing notes on yesterdays article
- Preparing for socratic seminar
- quick write
- creating questions
- Binder/Planner check
- Socratic Seminar: “How does the quality of your academic and social support network contribute to your success?”
- Reflecting on our year together
- Advice for incoming AVID students
- Late/Missing work due today
The week of 5/28/18
MONDAY 5/28
No School
TUESDAY 5/29
No School
TUESDAY 5/29
- Entrance activity: Reviewing Weekly Schedule and updating planner
- Informational Essay Presentation Preparation
- Bumper stickers continued
- Entrance activity: Gathering materials for presentations
- Informational Essay Presentation Practice: Small groups
- Exit Note: Presentation preparedness form
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance activity: reviewing presentation audience member expectations
- Information Essay Presentations
The week of 5/21/18
MONDAY 5/21
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating planner
- Working on Final Draft
- Exit Note: Describe your progress on your final draft
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Note: Gather your essays and get them ready to turn in
- Final Drafts due today: printed
- Self analysis of essay
- Bumper Stickers about majors
- The name of the major in large text
- Information or persuasive slogans
- Any graphics that help describe the major
- Exit Note: What makes a successful presentation?
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing what makes a successful speech
- Preparing to present our informational essays
- Impromptu speeches to practice:
- Eye contact
- Body language and hand gestures
- Inflections of voice
- Practicing
- Exit note: What do you still need to know about our speeches?
The week of 5/14/18
MONDAY 5/14
- Entrance Activity: Checking weekly schedule and updating planner
- Creating rough draft of Informational Essay
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Peer-reviewing rough drafts
- Starting on Final Draft
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Finishing final drafts
The week of 5/7/18
MONDAY 5/7
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating planner
- Introduction to Informational Essay unit
- KWL of Essay Elements
- Reading example essay
- Creation of Informational Essay Rubric
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Note: What is a college major that interests you?
- Informational Essay Research: Choosing a Major
- Binder Check during Research
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Note: How do we best plan and organize an essay?
- Graphic Organizer examples–
- Line Diagram
- Bubble Organizer
- Any that you know?
- Finishing research and Creating basic outline of researched major for essay
The week of 4/30/18
MONDAY 4/30
- SBAC Testing
- SBAC Testing
- Intro to Informational Essay Unit
- Venn Diagram of Elements
- Creation of Informational Essay Rubric
- SBAC Testing
- SBAC Testing
The week of 4/23/18
MONDAY 4/23
- Entrance Activity: Checking weekly schedule and updating planner
- Critical Reading-pre reading: “Perfectionism among teens is rampant (and we’re not helping)”
- First Read: Identifying 10 unsure words
- Filling in the gaps in our Cornell notes
- Homework:
- Look up concise definitions to their words
- 7 Cornell notes in by Friday
- TRF and 30-second speech for Wednesday’s Tutorial
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Article from Monday and 2 highlighters
- Critical Reading: “Perfectionism among teens is rampant (and we’re not helping)”
- Filing in the gaps in Cornell Notes
- Homework:
- Look up concise definitions to their words
- 7 Cornell notes in by Friday
- TRF and 30-second speech for Wednesday’s Tutorial
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Activity: How are the adults in your life preparing you for college?
- Critical Reading-pre reading: “Seven real-life skills your teen needs before going away to college”
- First Read: Identifying 10 unsure words
- Filling in the gaps in our Cornell notes
- Homework:
- Look up concise definitions to their words
- 7 Cornell notes in by Friday
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Article from Monday and 2 highlighters
- Critical Reading: “Seven real-life skills your teen needs before going away to college”
- Filing in the gaps in Cornell Notes
- Comparing and Contrasting the two articles from this week
The week of 4/16/18
MONDAY 4/16
- Entrance Activity: Updating Planner with Weekly Schedule
- Critical Reading Strategy: Pre-reading
- First Read of “Algebra II Movement Multiplies”
- Homework:
- Looking up definitions of unknown words form article
- 7-Cornell Notes by Friday
- TRFs and 30 sec speeches by tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Article from Monday and 2 highlighters
- Critical Reading: Preparing for Philosophical Chairs
- Homework:
- Ask a math teacher their opinion on whether or not students should have to take Algebra II in high school.
- 7-Cornell Notes by Friday
- TRFs and 30 sec speeches by tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: Getting TRF and 30-Sec speech ready for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Article and Notes from Wednesday/preparing for philosophical chairs
- Philosophical Chairs
- Turning in all notes and highlighted articles
- Cornell notes Due
The week of 4/9/18
MONDAY 4/9
No School
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating planner
- 6-Year plan
- Cornell notes/late work
- Exit Note: What seems most important to your 6 year plan?
- Homework: TRFs for tomorrow, making up any missing Cornell Notes
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection sheets
- Entrance Activity: Gathering and reviewing 6-year plan
- 6-Year Plan Scenarios (numbered heads activity)
- Homework: TRFs for tomorrow, making up any missing Cornell Notes
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflection sheets
No School
The week of 4/2/18
MONDAY 4/2
- Entrance Note: Get to know new groups; establishing group norms
- Filling out planner with weekly schedule
- Calculating my GPA
- Updating GPA tracker and setting goals
- Exit Note: What do I need to do to improve my GPA?
- Entrance Note: What is your role in tutorials when you are a group member?
- Creating a group top-five list
- Creating group member expectations
- Closure: reviewing Tutorial Process Observation Checklist
- Entrance Activity: reorganizing binder for Binder check
- Cornell Note review
- Focus on Summary section
- Exit Note: Summarize your note taking so far this year.
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Types of questions handout
- Tutorial Fishbowl
- Tutorials (if time)
- Tutorial Reflection sheets
- Entrance Note: Why are trust and communication important in AVID?
- Trust Walk Activity
- Trust Walk—Part Two
- Activity Debrief
The week of 3/19/18
MONDAY 3/19
No School: Conferences
FRIDAY 3/23
No School
- Entrance Activity: Updating planner with weekly schedule
- Presentation Overview and Sign up
- Last minute work time and practice
- Exit Note: Did you sign up for a time to present?
- Entrance Note: Presentation Expectations
- Presentations
- Make-up Work time
- Entrance Note: Presentation Expectations
- Presentations
- Make-up Work time
No School: Conferences
FRIDAY 3/23
No School
The week of 3/12/18
MONDAY 3/12
- Entrance Note: Have you ever had any regrets in your life?
- TedTalk on dealing with Rejection
- Reflection on video and sharing
- Entrance Activity: Gathering materials and progress so far on College Showcase
- Another College Showcase
- Working on College Showcase
- Exit note: What is your progress so far on your College Showcase?
- Entrance Note: What makes a successful presentation?
- Another College Showcase
- Working on and preparing for our Showcase next week
- Exit note: What is your progress so far on your College Showcase?
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Binder Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Cornell notes due today
- Planner Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
The week of 3/5/18
MONDAY 3/5
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing weekly schedule and updating planner
- Private College Showcase
- I Am Poem as a college student
- Homework:
- 5 Cornell notes by Friday
- TRF and 30 second Speech due Tuesday
- I am poems and College research presentations Due Friday
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Binder Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
- Entrance Note: Reviewing and sharing I Am Poem work so far
- I Am Poems continued
- Exit Note: How prepared are you to present your college by Friday?
- Homework:
- 5 Cornell notes by Friday
- TRF and 30 second Speech due Thursday
- I am poems and College research presentations Due Friday
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Planner Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
- Entrance Activity: Turning in Cornell Notes
- College research presentation preparations
- College research presentations
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The week of 2/26/18
MONDAY 2/26
- Entrance Activity: Checking Weekly Schedule and updating Planner
- CollegeUnit–IndividualResearch
- Last day for research
- College Banner preparations
- Exit Note: Sketch how you plan to display your information (Due Wednesday)
- Homework:TRF and 30 second speech for tomorrow’s tutorials; 5 Cornell notes by Friday
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Binder Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
- Entrance Activity: Sharing your College Banner sketch
- Creating our Banners
- Planner check
- Exit Note: What was your progress on your banner today?
- Homework:TRF and 30 second speech for tomorrow’s tutorials; 5 Cornell notes by Friday
- Entrance Activity: Preparing TRFs and 30-second speeches
- Binder/planner Checks
- Tutorials
- Tutorial Reflections
- Entrance Note: What is your plan to finish your banner today?
- Private college Showcase
- Work time for Banners
- College Banner Projects due today
- 5 Cornell Notes due today (20 total for Progress Four)
- Homework: Go back over your notes and prepare to present your pennant as if you are the college recruiter. You should be prepared to convince us that your college is the best.
The week of 2/20/18
MONDAY 2/19
No School
TUESDAY 2/20
Field Trip!
No School
TUESDAY 2/20
- Entrance Activity: Writing down weekly schedule in planner
- Review research from Friday
- Finishing group research questions
- Intro to college banner project and individual research
- Exit note: What questions do you have about this assignment?
- Reviewing project Frequently Asked Questions page
- Individual college research
- College pennant preparation
- Homework: On a sheet of paper, sketch out how you will want the front of your pennant to look and what will be included (college logo, mascot, school colors, school name, etc.).
- Entrance Note: What are some Field Trip guidelines we should abide by?
- Reviewing guidelines
- College Visit preparation:
- Questions to ask
- Things to look for
- Reminder of time to be at school and to wear AVID t-shirt.
Field Trip!
The week of 2/12/18
MONDAY 2/12
- Entrance Quickwrite: “How many different types of colleges can I brainstorm?”
- Introduction to the college unit
- Initial Brainstorm of Research Questions
- Exit Note: Summarize your brainstorm
- Entrance Activity: Preparing for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Reflection on tutorials
- Entrance Activity: Preparing for Socratic Seminar
- Socratic Seminar
- After Socratic Seminar
- Entrance Activity: Preparing for tutorials
- Tutorials
- Reflection on tutorials
- Reviewing College research from Monday
- College Unit—Group research
- Intro to College Banner Project
- Exit Note: 5 to 7 questions and answers
The week of 2/5/18
MONDAY 2/5
- Entrance Activity: Filling out weekly schedule from website
- Quickwrite question: “What do you think ‘Essential Question’ means?”
- Creating Essential Questions
- Homework: Find 3 old pages of Cornell Notes (due Tuesday)
- Entrance Activity: Cornell Note check (essential questions)
- Creating Tutorial Norms
- Tutorials
- Reflection/cleanup
- Entrance Activity: College Vocabulary Rating Scale
- “Choose your own post-grad adventure” Article
- Preparing for Socratic Seminar
- Entrance Activity: Binder Check
- Tutorials
- Reflections
- Entrance Activity: Turning in Cornell Notes
- AVID Weekly article
- comparing and contrasting this article with “Choose your own post-grad adventure” article
- Preparing for Socratic Seminar
The week of 1/29/18
MONDAY 1/29
- Calculating my GPA
- Updating GPA Tracker
- Goal, Plan, Action
- Homework: 5 cornell notes by Friday
- Reflecting on first semester tutorials
- Goal, Plan, Action for tutorials
- Binder checks
- Reflecting on past goals
- Looking at previous Goal, Plan, and Action sheets
- Revisiting AVID Agreement
- What can we do to live up to the AVID name?
- Homework: TRF and 30 Second Speech for tomorrow
- Gathering Materials for Tutorials
- Tutorials
- Reflection
- Cornell Notes due today
- TeamBuilding–BalloonTower
- Debrief
The week of 1/22/18
MONDAY 1/22
No School - Teacher Work Day
- Entrance Note: Quick write based on Muhammad Ali Quote
- Binder Checks
- Compile materials for a student portfolio
- Examples could include:
- Exemplary Cornell notes with all the steps learned so far
- Writing samples
- Completed learning logs
- Tutorial Request Forms
- GPA calculation sheets
- Grades or assignments of which they are particularly proud
- Examples could include:
- Exit Note: What are you going to include in your portfolio and why?
- Entrance Activity: Grading TRF and Tutorial Pre-work
- Tutorials
- Entrance Note: How have you grown as a student and as a person this year?
- Cover letter for portfolio
- Binder Checks
- Exit Activity: Sharing some reflections.
- Entrance Activity: Grading TRF and Tutorial Pre-work
- Tutorials
- Exit Note: Reflections section of TAG (Part B)
No School - Teacher Work Day
The week of 1/1/18
MONDAY 1/1
No School
TUESDAY 1/2
No School
TUESDAY 1/2
- Entrance Activity: Classroom and school expectations
- Checking feedback on rough drafts
- Peer conference record
- Plan for revision
- Homework: 5 Cornell notes by Friday
- Entrance Note: Question about mini lesson topic
- Mini-Lesson on point of focus in our writing
- Revising and creating final draft
- Entrance Note: Tutorial expectations and procedures
- Reviewing tutorial expectations
- TAG Part A
- Tutorials
- Entrance Note: Question about mini lesson topic
- Mini-Lesson on point of focus in their writing
- Revising and creating final draft (due Wednesday)
The week of 12/11/17
MONDAY 12/11
- Entrance Note: What is a memoir?
- Memoir definition and purpose
- Create a Lifeline
- Homework: Complete TRF to identify one Point of Confusion
- Entrance Activity: Question from Point of Confusion section
- Tutorials
- Entrance Activity: Sharing Lifeline from Monday
- Memoir writing assignment
- Creating rough draft
- Homework: 5 Cornell Notes due Friday
- Entrance activity: TRF check and Binder prep
- Binder check during tutorials
- Tutorials
- Entrance Note: How did you use your learning log this week?
- Entrance Activity: Reviewing memoir so far and creating plan to write
- Rough draft due today
- Turn in Cornell Notes
The week of 12/4/17
MONDAY 12/4
- Entrance Activity: Summarizing notes from last week
- Calculating GPA
- Adding Tracker to GPA board
- Homework: Take 3 pages of Cornell Notes today (will be checked tomorrow)
- Entrance Note: What is one area in tutorials in which I can improve?
- Cornell Note Check
- Tutorials
- Exit Note: How did you improve on your tutorials today?
- Entrance Note: What is a learning log, and how might you use it?
- Reorganize binder and add learning logs
- Binder Check
- Homework: Be completing Learning log and be ready to have it checked soon.
- Entrance Note: What is a subject that you need to focus on? What about this class do you need to focus on?
- Tutorial Analysis Grade (TAG) Reflection—Part A
- Tutorials: TAG conferences
- Entrance Note: How did you use your learning log this week?
- Team Building Activity—I Like My Neighbors
- I Like My Neighbors Conclusion/Application
The week of 11/27/17
MONDAY 11/27
- Entrance Note: What has been the benefit of taking Cornell notes?
- Cornell Note Focus Goal
- Identifying a Cornell note accountability partner
- Homework: Complete TRFs for tomorrow; 5 pages of Cornell Notes by Friday
- Entrance Activity: “Identify General Process and Steps” section of TRF
- Tutorials
- Homework: Have ALL of your Cornell notes from one subject for this grading period ready for an activity tomorrow.
- Entrance Activity: Gather Cornell Notes from one subject
- Cornell note Reflective Log
- Homework: Complete TRFs for tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: “Identify General Process and Steps” section of TRF
- Binder Check
- Tutorials
- Entrance Activity: Gathering Cornell Notes from this week
- Cornell Note Check
- Possible Guest Speaker
The week of 11/13/17
MONDAY 11/13
- Entrance Note: Name as many professions as possible that require good public speaking skills
- Public Speaking introduction
- Prepare TRFs
- Homework:
- Study public speaking terminology
- Finish TRfs for tomorrow
- Five pages of Cornell Notes
- Entrance Activity: “Identify General Process and Steps” section of TRF
- Tutorials
- Homework: Study for Public Speaking Terminology Quiz tomorrow
- Speaking Terminology Quiz
- Body Language and Eye Contact
- Public Speaking Rubric
- Video Example
- TRF Preparation
- Turn in TRFs
- Binder Check and Reflection
- Tutorials
- Homework: 5 pages of Cornell Notes by tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: Cornell Note Check
- Impromptu Speeches
- Reflection: “How do the skills used in the Impromptu Speeches overlap with the skills used during AVID tutorials?”
The week of 11/6/17
MONDAY 11/6
NO SCHOOL: Observance of Veterans Day
- Entrance Note: “List as many text message shortcuts as you can.”
- Is There a Shortcut?
- Brainstorm shortcut use in notes
- Make names and titles into acronyms
- “Is There a Shortcut?” handout
- New Cornell Note Checklist
- Homework:
- Take one page of Cornell notes using your new shortcuts.
- Complete TRFs for tutorials tomorrow.
- Entrance Activity: Checking TRFs
- Critical Thinking About My Initial Question section
- Tutorials
- Grade Check
- Refining Cornell notes
- Homework: 4 pages of Cornell Notes by Thursday
- Cornell note Check
- Binder Check
- Partner’s Pet Peeves
- Class Pet Peeves
NO SCHOOL: Observance of Veterans Day
The week of 10/30/17
MONDAY 10/30
NO SCHOOL: Teacher Work Day
- Entrance Note: Binder Preparation (peer critique)
- Preparing for Socratic Seminar:
- Article from AVID Weekly
- Marking text
- defining vocabulary
- Identify main idea
- Create level 2 and 3 questions about the text
- Homework:
- Summarize the article in ten words or less
- Prepare TRF for tomorrow’s tutorials
- 4 pages of Cornell notes due Thursday
- Preparing three-column notes in tutorials: How are three column notes different than Cornell notes?
- Tutorials
- Preparing for Socratic Seminar
- Reminder of mock Socratic Seminar
- Reminder of difference between dialogue and debate
- Cornell Notes on the four elements of Socratic Seminar
- Explaining fishbowl type of Socratic Seminar
- Homework: Based upon understanding of the article, create an alternative title for the article; 4 pages of Cornell Notes due tomorrow
- Entrance Note: Cornell note Check
- Socratic Seminar
NO SCHOOL: Teacher Work Day
The week of 10/23/17
MONDAY 10/23
- Entrance Note: Why is it important to ask good questions?
- Introduction to Costa’s Levels of Thinking
- Preparing TRFs
- Homework: Pay attention to levels of questions in your classes for the rest of the day; TRF if you don’t finish in class; 3 Cornell notes by Wednesday
- Entrance Activity: Checking TRFs
- Think-Pair-Share: What levels of questions dod you hear or see yesterday?
- Class Discussion: What applications do Costa’s Levels of Thinking have in AVID Tutorials?
- Tutorials
- Homework reminder: 3 Cornell Notes by Tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: Cornell Note Practice Check
- Partner check and feedback
- Preparing them to be turned in Friday
- Costa’s Vocabulary
- One-Pager
- Homework: TRFs for Thursday; 3 revised Cornell Notes for Friday
- Entrance Note: How do Cornell Notes Connect with Tutorials?
- Tutorials: looking for opportunities to use Cornell Notes
- Homework Reminder: 3 revised Cornell Notes due Friday
- Entrance Activity: Cornell Note Check and turning in.
- One Pager Presentations
The week of 10/16/17
MONDAY 10/16
- Entrance Activity: Reorganize Binder
- Life-Saver Go Kart reflection
- Binder Check
- Tutorial Preparation
- Homework: Use Assignment log or planner in every class; TRF ready by tomorrow; 3 pages of Cornell notes by Friday
- Entrance Note: What I Know about My Question
- Tutorials
- Calculating My GPA
- GPA Tracker
- Reading “Understanding my GPA”
- Continuing tutorials from Tuesday
- Entrance Note: Cornell Note Check
- Reflecting on Goals
- Creating new goals
- Binder Check
The week of 10/9/17
MONDAY 10/9
NO SCHOOL
- GPA Expectations
- Goal-Setting Outline
- Creating Long-Range goal of graduating from college
- Identifying short range goals to aid this
- Creating plan
- 10 Action Steps; specific actions for each of their classes
- Homework: 3 Cornell notes turned in and 3 more by Thursday.
- Tutorial Request Form
- Key Academic Vocabulary
- Tutorials
- Homework: 3 Cornell Notes due by Thursday
- Visualizing your goal activity
- GPA for Life Saver Go-Cart
- Goal, Plan, Action
- Brainstorming
- Kartbuilding.net
- Exit Note: Sketch picture of goal
- Homework: 3 Cornell notes by Thursday
- Finishing Life Saver Go-Cart
- Binder Checks
- Debrief Discussion points
NO SCHOOL
The week of 10/2/17
MONDAY 10/2
- Entrance Note: What are 3 wishes that can become goals?
- The difference between a goal and a wish:
- Cornell Notes
- Define both terms
- Discuss + find common definition
- Goal Vs. Wish Product
- Homework: Complete Student Questionnaire handout for tutorials tomorrow
- Introduction to the TRF
- The Initial Question Section
- Brief Tutorial
- Collecting TRFs
- Entrance Note: Sharing 3 goals the can be turned into wishes with group
- Continue and Complete Goals vs. Wishes Product
- Presentation of the group product
- Entrance Activity: Reminding ourselves of our TRF and Initial Questions
- Tutorials; Sharing question and integrating components of the 10-step tutorial process:
- presenter
- taking 3 column notes
- tutor taking notes
- using Cornell notes and other references
- Exit Note: Reflecting on experience with tutorials
- Entrance activity: Binder prep/binder check
- Three types of goals
- Reading biography
- Identifying long, mid, and short-range goals
- Sharing examples from own life
- My College Road Map
- Homework: Sharing college road map with parents/guardians
The week of 9/25/17
MONDAY 9/25
- Entrance Note: How do I know if my CORNELL Notes are good?
- Team Huddle
- Prepare for CORNELL Note Check
- Homework: One page of CORNELL notes from core class prepared by Wednesday
- Entrance Note: What do you think tutorials are? What is you experience with tutorials?
- Jason’s Tutorial Video
- Create t-chart with “we noticed” and “We Wonder” categories
- Create Master list after viewing
- Homework Reminder: one page of Cornell notes from core class prepared for tomorrow
- Entrance Activity: Binder Check
- Cornell Note Partner check
- 1-1-2 minute Partner Share:
- Partner up
- Discuss:
- “How can I improve my Cornell notes?”
- “How can I use my Cornell notes to make better grades?
- Exit Activity: Plan of action to improve Cornell notes
- Reviewing 10-StepTutorial Process
- Jigsaw:
- Assign each group to one section of the AVID Tutorial Process
Review description of the steps of their section - create a graphic visual to explain the steps
- Sharing with whole class.
- Assign each group to one section of the AVID Tutorial Process
- Homework: Students will need one page of Cornell notes for a check tomorrow
- Entrance Quickwrite: “What does it mean to learn how to learn?” “What do you need to know to become a better learner?”
- Identifying learning preferences
- Homework: Finding three wishes that can become goals
The week of 9/18/17
MONDAY 9/18
- Memory Quiz
- Quickwrite: What is something at which you used to be good?
Introduction to Cornell Notes - Continue Memory Quiz
- Binder Preparation
- Cornell Notes Unit, in Tutorial Groups
- Four Parts of the Cornell Way
- Cornell Note Comparison
- Homework: Practice Cornell Note taking in at least 1 class today
- Introduction to Cornell Notes Unit
- Taking notes on various articles
- Comparing notes to fill in the gaps
- Homework: One page of notes from one of their core classes
- Binder Check
- Cornell notes unit, in Tutorial Groups; focusing on revision
- Homework: revise one other page of Cornell notes
- Entrance Quick Write: “If I Ruled the School…”
- Introduction to Socratic Seminar
The week of 9/11/17
MONDAY 9/11
- Entrance Note: “When I am absent, how can I be responsible for my missing work?”
- Binder Check and Conversation
- Find Someone who…
- Homework: Study Buddy Contract
- Entrance Note: Quickwrite on the following phrase: “You never get a second chance on a first impression.”
- Social Skills-Introduction Handshake
- Introduction train
- Homework: SLANT and maintain an organized binder for the rest of the day
- Entrance Note: What does it mean to represent AVID well in the halls?
- School field trip
- Opportunities for school involvement poster discussion
- Homework: identifying potential guest speakers from the community
- Entrance Note: How do AVID students present themselves to their teachers?
- Teacher introduction sheet
- Finishing up “Opportunities for school” poster discussion + AVID Social contract”
- Homework: Teacher introduction sheet
- Entrance Note: Without looking around the room, how many people in class do you know by first name?
- Blanket Name Game
- Reflection on our week together
- Dialogue Journals
The week of 9/4/17
MONDAY 9/4
No School: Labor Day
TUESDAY 9/5
No School: Labor Day
TUESDAY 9/5
- Name Tent
- AVID Overview
- Student Agreement
- Schedule Check
- Homework: Agreement Due Friday; Binder, Due Thursday
- Quickwrite: Thoughts on AVID Statement
- Continue AVID Overview
- SLANT
- Homework: All students must SLANT in all their classes for the rest of the day
- Warm-up: How did you SLANT yesterday
- Binder Introduction
- Binder Check
- Homework: Maintain an organized binder for the rest of the day
- Quickwrite: What are some of the benefits of the binders so far?
- Personality Crest
- Binder Check
- Getting to Know you - team builder
- Agreements due today