Week 1: Welcome Back!
8/17-Day 1: Welcome back/ Expectations/ Syllabus/ Summer Recap/ Where Do you See Yourself in...?
8/18-Day 2: Snow Ball Fight Icebreaker/ Themes for the AVID II/ Explain Vocabulary & Importance/ Accountability Contract
8/19-Day 3: Roll the Dice Groups: Debrief first 3 days of school/ Time to Set up Binders/ Agenda Set up and Discussion/ Submit Schedules/ Motivational Video-"Invest in Yourself"
Week 2: CNN Notes and Fighting Forgetting!
8/22-Day 4: Cornell Notes: 10 Words that Pop into your head Warm up/ Revisit Forgetting Curve/ Real Life Examples Discussion/ How Sharp is your memory?/CNN Student News Notes & Swap- Importance of Note Taking - THE CORNELL WAY
8/23-Day 5: Review Cornell WAY-CNN Student News Notes/ Create Classroom Norms
8/24-Day 6: Week 2 Vocabulary/ CNN Student News Notes/ Importance of Essential Questions/ Small Groups Begin Brain storming: What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High school? (identify problems/ concerns/ what we know to apply process to TRF & Tutorials)- 3 column notes
8/25-Day 7: CNN Student News Notes/Continue discussing: What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High School with 3 column notes-implement it to the Tutorial process/ Discuss Critical Thinking/ Use Question for Socratic Dialogue Guide/ Closing- Why do we do Tutorials? (TRF)
8/26-Day 8: CNN Student News Quiz (How well did you buy into the Note taking and Cornell Way Process)
Week 3: Reflection, Worth of College and Resumes
8/29-Day 9: "Student Motivational Video"-Review of CNN Student News Quiz/ "Tutorial like" discussion to attempt to solve problems at South Hagerstown High School/Homework- Reflection of how well your note taking is going? Did your strategies help you or is there room for improvement
8/30-Day 10: Reflection: How well is your note taking going based off CNN STUDENT NEWS QUIZ/ One Pager on New York Times: Is College Worth it?
8/31-Day 11: Reflection of CNN Student News Quiz and Note Taking due/ Clean up Day- Finish 1 pagers,Conference on Classes
9/1-Day 11: Clean up Day- Finish 1 pagers, Continue Resume Work, Conference on Classes
What are you involved in? /Start Resume Project- Sample Resume, Resume Tips PPT, High School Activities Sheet
9/2-Day 12: Discussion/Complete and Edit Resumes / Hand out TRFs
Week 4: Finish Resumes and Update 4 Year Plans
9/6-Day 13: "Tough Times Dont Last, Tough People Do"/ Finish and Peer Edit Resumes/ Prep for Interview Questions
9/7-Day 14: Warm up- Quickwrite- Difference between being in AVID and doing AVID/Finish Resumes For Quality- Submit on Google Classroom
9/8-Day 15: Start Tutorials!
9/9-Day 16: Present Resumes- Remember your goal! Interviews/ feedback from the class
Week 5: Goals and Plans
9/12- Day 17: Interviews/
9/13- Day 18: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/14- Day 19: Binder Check /Take Cornell Notes on: AVID Weekly- Transferring from a two year school to a 4 year university/ US News: Making the Leap
9/15- Day 20: Review of Tutorial Process- Three column Note Taking on The Roles of each part of the process for Jason's Tutorial/ TRF Reflection/ Questions to Ask during a Tutorial / TRF Cheat Sheet/ Tutorial Process PPT
9/16- Day 21: Join AVID Program Google Classroom/ Timed Writing: 35 minutes to Create an Argument why transferring from a two year school to a 4 year university can be the best situations for some students
Week 6: PSAT Practice and Career Research
9/19- Day 22: Dream Job Quickwrite/ Career Research Assignment- using Bureau of Labor Statistics/ Create 1:30 Commercial on your Top Three Career Choices Using iMovie- Must have ATLEAST 1 sheet of Cornell Notes completed with Assignment
9/20- Day 23: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection / REMEBER THE STEPS IN THE TUTORIAL PROCESS!!!
9/21- Day 24: Complete Career Research Commercials/ Conference Grades
9/22- Day 25: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/23- Day 26: PSAT Practice Day- complete Either the Writing or the Reading and Math (non Calculator) (words are links to tests)
Week 7: Academic Reports and What Professors Want
9/26- Day 27: Cornell Note check/ Greatest Struggle in School Four Corners activity-> How do we improve these struggles- Not Comprehending/ Uninterested/ Time Management/ Social Distractions- In Groups create a web- Green marker- Ways to help these struggles- Blue Marker- Examples from your current school year that have contributed to this/ AVID Academic Report
9/27- Day 28: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/28- Day 29: 3 Column Note Warm up- What do successful students look like, What do they act like, what do they sound like?(our Three Column Notes on Successful students) /AVID weekly: 7 Things Professors Wish Students Knew- Apply the 7 things Professors Wish Students Knew and Create 7 Bits of Advice to yourself to reach your potential- Both Currently AND when You get to College!
9/29- Day 30:Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/31- Day 31: Binder Check/ AVID Tutorial Reflection Guide/Independent Work Day
Week 8: GLOW and Learning Styles
10/3- Day 32: Warm up- Get to Know your finance Vocab/GLOW Orientation- Schedule and BINGO/ Pre Assessment test
10/4- Day 33: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
10/5- Day 34: Warm up- Stand up, Sit Down Questions about learning style-Learning Style Inventory/ How can I apply this knowledge to improve my academic performance?/ Learning Style Reflection- Follow up Quizzes - Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Quiz- VARK How Do I learn Best?
10/6- Day 35: Field Trip to Penn State- Main Campus- Be at school Ready to go by 7:30am
10/7- Day 36: Sample PLAN Test- Pre ACT practice/ reflect on Note cards and read Aloud
Week 9: Widely Held Beliefs and Credit 101
10/10- Day 37: Timed Writing Introduction-Discussion/ Analyzing Widely Held Beliefs writing prompt/ examine AVID Writing Prompt Analysis/ Point of View Discussion: Widely Held Beliefs are often right, or are often wrong?/ Brainstorm Widely held beliefs that are right or wrong/ Timed Writing- 10 minutes to prepare for writing/ 10 minutes to write Introduction/ Collect and redistribute to analyze Introductions....What is an Introduction?
10/11- Day 38: Tutorials (Using Last Weeks TRF's)
10/12- Day 39: AVID Weekly Summaries and Reflections on Google Classroom (Mr Rudy Absent) Help Teens Change the World/ Cut off the Wifi to get Young Adults to Vote
10/13- Day 40: Tutorials (Using Last Weeks TRF's)- If we run out we will use Real World POC's to discuss
10/14- Day 41: GLOW DAY 2-CREDIT 101- Introduction to Credit/ GLOW CREDIT 101 PPT
Week 10: End of Marking Period 1
10/17- Day 42: Analyze Introduction Paragraphs/ Share Samples/ Examine aspects of a good Introduction/ Last 15 minutes Binder Check
10/18- Day 43: Tutorials
10/19- Day 44: PSAT Day
10/ 20- Day 45: (End of Marking Period 1) Tutorials
Week 11: Procrastination, Murders and TRF Quality
10/24- Day 46:Warm up- List 5 Times that you have procrastinated in the last Month/ TED Talk: Mind of a Procrastinator/ Washington Post Article using Tim Urban's Procrastination/Take Cornell Notes During TED Talk/ Draft a Letter to your "Future self" to help you avoid procrastination- AGENDA NEEDED IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY!
10/25- Day 47: Tutorials
10/26- Day 48: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning- Lunch Room Murder PPT/ Lunch Room Murder Handout/ Case of the Dead Musician Handout - If time Permits Agenda Check
10/27- Day 49: Tutorials
10/28- Day 50: New TRF Needed and Reflection of this weeks TRF is Due- Grade and edit TRF's for Quality in Partners and then as a class- Edit and fix problems with TRF's- Will be used Next week- Cornell Note Check
Week 12: TRF's and Arguments
10/31- Day 51: New TRF Needed and Reflection of this weeks TRF is Due- Grade and edit TRF's for Quality in Partners and then as a class- Edit and fix problems with TRF's- Will be used Next week- Cornell Note Check
11/1- Day 52: Tutorials: Focus on Quality POCs and Thinking Before Hand
11/2- Day 53: Warm up- Quick Write: What was the last Argument you were in? How did it go? Were you arguing with Fact or Emotion? / Critical Reading- Traditional Pattern for Argument- first time just read, 2nd time + for things you understand, ? for things you are still unclear on/ Create a GIST on VERY EFFECTIVE Argument using the rubric/ Brainstorm list of topics from NY Times Blog on Argumentative Essays for AVID II Argumentative Essay Assignment
11/3- Day 54: Tutorials
11/4- Day 55: Day to Work on Argumentative Essay Research
Week 13: Argumentative Essays and Elections
11/9- Day 56: Read recent Reflection-15 min: Quickwrite: Reflection on Recent Behavior and AVID Expectations
/ Binder Check- A-M/Last names/Research Argumentative Essays
11/10- Day 57: Binder Check- M-Z/Research and begin Outlining Argumentative Essays
11/11- Day 58: Outline and begin Drafting Argumentative Essays
Week 14: Argumentative Essays
11/14- Day 59: Complete Rough Draft
11/15- Day 60: Tutorials- Focus on Good 30 second speeches
11/16- Day 61: Continue Rough Drafts/ complete works cited page with Son of Citation in MLA Format
11/17- Day 62: Tutorials- Focus on Good 30 second speeches
11/18- Day 63: Finish Typing and Submit Argumentative Essays
Week 15: Thanksgiving and Arguments!
11/21- Day 64: Peer Edit Argumentative Essays, revise and resubmit
11/22- Day 65: Catch up Day and Grade Conferences/New TRFs are Due
Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 16: Defend your Arguments!
11/28- Day 66: Pop Corn fundraiser due! Cornell Notes and 10 Sentence Reflection on your learning on : How did we get so Clueless about the News? & Less than Studious College Students Driving up the Price for everyone/ TRFs due tomorrow
11/29- Day 67: Tutorials
11/30- Day 68: Defend your Arguments- 6 Minutes to present your argument and defend yourself to your classmates
12/1- Day 69: Tutorials
12/2- Day 70: Defend your Arguments-6 Minutes to present your argument and defend yourself to your classmates - TRF for next week due
Week 17: Defending Arguments and High School Vs College
12/5- Day 71: Finish Defending your Arguments
12/6- Day 72: Tutorials Using Last Weeks TRFs
12/7- Day 73: Finish Defending your Arguments/ Mystery AVID Check
12/8- Day 74: Myster AVID Check for those on Tech High Trip 12/7/ When finished- Conflict Style Quiz/ Analysis of Conflict Style Quiz and What is the best career for me quiz
12/9- Day 75: GLOW Day- Budgeting 102
Week 18: Your Perfect College
12/12- Day 76: Comparison on the differences between High School and College/ High School vs College Reflection/Analysis of Reflections/ Begin prep on your "Perfect College"
12/13- Day 77: Tutorials
12/14- Day 78: High School vs College Reflection Due/ Warm up: What does your perfect college campus look like? Sound like? What is the weather like? How far do you have to walk between classes? Was it hard to find parking? /Designing your Perfect College/ Make a Collage Using Google Slides of your "Perfect College"/ You must Use ATLEAST 5 Pictures and 5 Words but they CANNOT be of a specific college! Submit on Google Classroom
12/15- Day 79: Tutorials
12/16- Day 80:Designing your perfect college analysis/ Reflecting PPT/ Quickwrite: Out of the 14 College qualities, which is the most important to you? Why? Which is the least important to you? why? What are your current top three college choices and why?
No Tutorials Week 19: Due to Recent behavior Issues
Week 19: Grit, Silent Debates and Getting our AVID ON
12/19- Day 81: Perfect College Collage and Refelction Due/Binder Check/ Day to Get Organized/ Independment work day- YOU MUST BE WORKING
12/20- Day 82: TED Talk on GRIT- Take Cornell Notes on Grit and the impact it has on Students/ Begin Prep for Silent Debates-Must have 3 pages of Notes Using provided sources-
"Is the Use of Standardized Testing Improving Education in America?"
1."Here's Why we don't need Standardized Testing"-
2.Do High Stakes Testing Improve Education?-
3."What Standarized Tests dont Measure"-
4. Two Student Perspectives/
Does Social Media Ruin Friendships?-
1. "Are Social Networking Sites good for our Society?"-
2. How Facebook has changed our friendships
3.AntiSocial Networking-
4.Reflection on True Friendship
12/21- Day 83:Take Cornell Notes/ Continue Prep for Silent Debates
12/22- Day 84: Silent Debates- Collection & grade for Cornell Notes
Write your intials next to your comments- 2 people must go before you are allowed to go again
Example of Silent Debate Results- Class Discussion Rubric
Does Social Media Ruin Friendships Silent Debate Results
Is the Use of Standardized Testing Improving Education in America Silent Debate Results
Week 20: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1/4- Day 85- TED Talk- Why You will Fail to have a Great Career-The Value of Proof Reading!! Read Student Samples/ fix them and discuss good Proof Reading Strategies
1/5- Day 86- Warm up- What was the impact of the "I have a Dream Speech?"
Before Reading the I have a Dream Speech by Martin Luther King Jr - Identifiy Key Words from numbered paragraphs from the I Have a Dream Speech- develop 10 Summary sentences using those Key Words.
Rereading and Comprehension & I have a Dream Activity
2nd Read- Watch the Speech and as you listen bracket Circle in Blue- does it match your key words? Parts of the speech that Dr. King Emphasizes.
Complete After Reading and Create 3 level 2 or 3 questions based off the I have a Dream Speech for tomorrow related to how has this speech impacted modern society? Was his Dream Achieved?- Pre Seminar Question Writing
1/6- Day 87- Socratic Seminar Demonstration - Socratic Seminar- Two different groups around the classroom-
Week 21: Last Week of the Semester & Memory
1/9- Day 88: MYSTERY AVID CHECK- Submit Proof Reading assignments- Socratic Seminar Reflect on How the Process Went- What went well? Where can we improve? Now what?- Time to get Organized!
1/10- Day 89: Work on TRF's in class- Swap and work on strategies to improve Critical Thinking
1/11- Day 90: 3 minutes to memorize a list of 20 words- write down as many words as possible- TED TALK: Feats of memory anyone can use (Take Cornell Notes)- apply these tactics to your Cornell Note Taking
1/12- Day 91: Tutorials
1/13- Day 92: Reflection of First Semester- Plan/ Improve Semester 2/ Goals
Week 22: Turkeys, Eagles and Friends
1/18- Day 93: Discussion about Expectations and Realities of the Course NOW/ Intro to Friendship with NEMO and DORY/ Stop Hanging out with Turkeys and Start Soaring with Eagles PPT/ Quickwrite: 5 minutes: Write about a Time when you friends influenced you in a positive or negative way/ Group discussion and analysis of good freinds with task cards/ follow up with an analysis of your friends
1/19- Day 94: Finish what was incomplete on Day 93- Prep Socractic Seminar on Friendship Based off discussion and "Cant Soar with Eagles when you hang out with Turkeys" / Why Good Friends Make you Happy
1/20- Day 95: NEW TRF DUE- Socratic Seminar/ Silent Debate Hybrid based off of three focus questions
1. What Impact do the Friendships you have make on you academically and socially?
2. As you observe our school environment, how does this apply to the successes or failures of many of your classmates?
3. How can you apply this thoughtfulness to your transition to college? Where you will probably know NO ONE and have to make new POSITIVE Relationships.
Week 23: Problems and Solutions
1/23- Day 96: AVID Weekly- Take Cornell Notes on the Reading and Utilize 4 to 5 visuals for each article to help you better understand your notes- At the End draft a 10 sentence reflection about a topic you found interesting today and expand on it- Pick 3 articles!
Mobile Devices Rob Kids of Sleep in the Bedroom
Why do Students who do so well in High School bomb College?
To Be Truly Educated Students Must consider All Ideas
Time to Teach Teens- and all of us- how to be Saavy about News on the Internet
1/24- Day 97: Tutorials
1/25- Day 98: 2017 Student List of Problems in our School, Community and World
Start Problem-Solution Essay
Problem Solution Essay Prompt
Problem Solution Speech Cards/ Prework
Problem Solution Rubric for Essay and Presentation
Helpful Website for prompts/ Ideas 18 Interesting Problem Solution Essay Topics Top 50 Problem Solution Essays You'll Love
1/26- Day 99: Tutorials
1/27- Day 100: GLOW- College Costs- College Costs Per Student
Week 24: Problem Solution Week
1/30- Day 101: Continue work on Problem Solution Essay
1/31- Day 102: Tutorials
2/1- Day 103: Final Day to work on Problem Solution Project
2/2- Day 104: Tutorials
2/3- Day 105: 4 year plan and reflection- Present Problem Solution Project-4 year plan & Reflection- New TRF Due
Week 25: Presentations and Scholarships
2/6- Day 106: Agenda Justification- Present Problem Solution Projects
2/7- Day 107: Tutorials
2/8- Day 108: Finish Presenting Problem Solution Projects
2/9- Day 109: Tutorials
2/10- Day 110: Problem Solution Presentations- New TRF DUE
Week 26: Presentations, Question and Answer Panels with Seniors and Scholarships
2/13- Day 111: Finish Problem Solution Pretensions/ Develop Questions for AVID Seniors based on Future Schedules, College application process, FASFA, Support from AVID Classmates, Reality
2/14- Day 112: Tutorials
2/15- Day 113: Question Answer Session with AVID Seniors
2/16- Day 114: Tutorials
2/17- Day 115: Quickwrite reflection on our Q and A with the Senior AVID class/Presentations
Week 27: Finish Presentations and Financial Aid 101
2/21- Day 116: Tutorials
2/22- Day 117: Mystery AVID Check- Finish Presentations/ Discussion of Improvements & reflection of Problem Solution Projects
2/23- Day 118: Tutorials
2/24- Day 119: NEW TRF DUE- Financial Aid 101- Topics- Student Packet- Financial Aid 101 PPT
Week 28: STUDYING, AGENDAS and Timed Writing
2/27- Day 120: Warm up- You have a test coming up in 3 classes with NO STUDY GUIDE WHAT DO YOU DO?!?! Make fake plan/Examine Study Skills/ Tactics- Develop a Study Plan/ Agenda Plan for you!
2/28- Day 121: Tutorials
3/1- Day 122: Timed Writing- Compare and Contrast going to a large versus a small college- 45 Minutes/ Revisions to Problem Solution Project due/ Get Weekly Study Log and reflection
3/2- Day 123: Tutorials
3/3- Day 124: Scholarship Brain Storm Warm up/ Scholarship Advice Jigsaw/ Scholarship Searches
13 Tips for Winning a College Scholarship 12 Tips on Winning a Scholarship Tips to Avoid 7 Common Scholarship Pitfalls
College Board
College Net AVID 7 Scholarship Scams to AVOID
Fast Web
Scholarship Monkey
Scholarship Jigsaw Results
13 Tips to Winning a College Scholarship 12 Tips on winning a Scholarship
Tips to Avoid 7 Common Ships Pitfalls AVID 7 Scholarship Scams to AVOID
Week 29: Study Sessions, Focused Note Taking and Habits
3/6- Day 125: TED Talk: Americas forgotten working class- focused Note Taking/ Ways to Change a Habit Discussion
3/7- Day 126: Day to Study (Used for feedback and conference for Study Logs from 3/1)- Identify areas that you need to focus on. Attempt to overcome your confusion
3/8- Day 127: Quiz- Analyze what went wrong with your note taking
3/9- Day 128: Day to Study (Used for feedback and conference for Study Logs from 3/1)- Identify areas that you need to focus on. Attempt to overcome your confusion
3/10- Day 129: Mystery AVID Check- TED Talk on Stress and Dealing with Stress- research dealing with Stress Techniques Dealing with Stress Mini Book
Week 30: Stress Relief, Analysis and Fast Food
3/13- Day 130: Finish Mini Stress relief book
3/14- Day 131: Tutorials
3/15- Day 132: Analyze Large vs Small School Timed Writings and compare to SAT rubric/KEY/ preview fast food obesity debate
3/16- Day 133: Tutorials
3/17- Day 134: REQUIREMENTS- 4 Sheets of Cornell Notes to prep for Debate Fast Food. Fat Profits- Obesity in America/Prep for "Who is to Blame, Fast Food companies or the costumer, for Obesity in America?"
Background Videos- Super Size Me
The Truth About Your Food
Week 31: Fast Food and Obesity
3/20- Day 135: Continue Prep for "Who is to Blame, Fast Food companies or the costumer, for Obesity in America?"
Required Reading- Princeton Journal- The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain
Required Reading- Is Obesity a Disease?
Obesity and Fast Food
Does Fast Food Cause Obesity?
Cheap Food Blamed for Americas Obesity Crisis
Do Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity?Fast Food Linked to Childhood Obesity
3/21- Day 136: Tutorials
3/22- Day 137: Finish Prep for Fast food Debate- MUST BE ABLE TO CITE SOURCES WITHIN DEBATE
3/23- Day 138: Finish Prep for Fast food Debate
Week 32: Debates, Tutorials and Towson University
3/27- Day 139: Fast Food Debate- NEW TRF DUE
3/28- Day 140: Tutorials
3/29- Day 141: Tutorials
3/30- Day 142: Trip to Towson University
3/31- Day 143: GLOW- Scholarship Basics - Student response packet/ Reflection
Week 33: No Meetings Because of PARCC Testing... Be Working on Regional College Research Essays
Spring Break- 4/8-4/17
Week 34: Regional College Essay and Gettin' My AVID ON!
4/18- Day 149: Start Regional College Essay
You MUST SELECT a Realistic Regional School and you CANNOT have researched it in AVID I or Middle School.
** I know many of you will whine and say you do not want to go there. Many of these schools are fantastic schools and are both affordable and offer great programs. YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO MAKE ONE OF THESE FIT FOR YOU FOR THIS ESSAY**
Suggestions
Shepherd University Shippensburg University Frostburg State University Mount St. Marys University
Towson University Goucher College Hood College St. Marys College of Maryland
Salisbury University UMBC McDaniel College Penn State Mont Alto
Stevenson University Shenandoah University Washington College Chesapeake College
Bridgewater College Gettysburg College York College of Pennsylvania Wilson College
4/19- Day 150: No Class due to PARCC Testing- Continue Work on Regional College Essay
4/20- Day 151: Mystery AVID Check- Continue Work on Regional College Essay
4/21- Day 152: Mystery AVID Check #2- Life Check up and Re-Motivation Day
Regional College Essay due Monday 4/26 on Google Classroom- No Exceptions
Week 35: Regional College Essay, AP Studying, and Conflict Management
4/24- Day 153: Day to Write Regional College Essay
4/25- Day 154: Day to Write Regional College Essay
4/26- Day 155: Day to Write Regional College Essay- DUE!
4/27- Day 156: Day to Study for AP Government Test- Focus on Vocabulary
4/28- Day 157: Binder/ Life Check and Reflection
Binder Justification- "You have to write a justification as to what grade you deserve and why. You must provide specific examples of how and why you have used the AVID WAY to keep up your success. Be Honest With yourself and me, I know that ALL of you do not deserve 100%. Please give a grade out of 50 points."
life check- what are you doing poorly? What are you doing well? In reality in 1 year you'll be deciding on applying to college and making some major life decisions. Are you ready?
Week 36: Back to the Basics and Representing AVID
5/1- Day 158: AVID Weekly Collaboration and Big Impact Ideas Reflection
1. Can our Colleges be Saved?
2. Instragram Terms and Conditions in Plain English Implications
3. Is a College Degree the New High School Diploma?
4. Why Drivers use their phones: a Cognitive expert weighs in Infographic on the Worst Behaving Drivers
Process: -Read Your article and take good Cornell Notes- focus on annotating the text and pulling out the main ideas of the passage.
-You and your group members will work collaboratively to present your information on a white board- Represent the main Idea
-Your group members will have to discuss the major "Take Away's" and Big impact ideas of these topics- 4 minute requirement (Must involve information outside of the articles!)
- Once process is complete you must REFLECT (What, So What, Now What) on two of the topics that matter the most to you.
5/2- Day 159: Continuation of Monday 5/1 Pictures of Discussions for Reflection
1. Can our Colleges be Saved?
2. Instagram Terms and Conditions in Plain English Implications Part 2
3. Is a College Degree the New High School Diploma?
4. Why Drivers use their phones: a Cognitive expert weighs in
5/3- Day 160: AVID Kodak Moments Folder Instructions Template
5/4- Day 161: AP Gov't Test- GOOD LUCK! KNOW YOUR VOCABULARY!!!
5/5- Day 162: AVID Kodak Moments Folder
Week 37: AVID Kodak Moments, Kodak Moments and Future Letters of Recommendation
5/8- Day 163: Discussion of Regional College Essays/ Partner Grade
5/9- Day 164: Improve and Finalize Regional College Essay
5/10- Day 165: Improve and Finalize Regional College Essay
5/11- Day 166: Last Day to Finish Regional College Essay
5/12: Day 167: Finish AVID Kodak Moments Folder
Week 38: Future Letters of Recommendation
5/15- Day 168: Use AVID Kodak Moments Folder to Create a Survival Guide of AVID II for incoming 10th Graders
5/16- Day 169: Last Day to Work on AVID Kodak Moments Folder
5/17- Day 170: Hypothetical Letter of Recommendation Questionnaire - Sample of Bad Letters
Self Letter of Recommendation Project- draft the letter of recommendation you HOPE a teacher would write for you as a Senior to a college- Make a Plan to Ensure your letter looks like that- Think of who you may ask to write it- Descriptive words for a Letter of Recommendation
5/18- Day 171: HSA for Government - Good Luck
5/19- Day 172:Work on Letter of Recommendation
Week 39: THE END IS NEAR!!!
5/22- Day 173: Work on Letter of Recommendation
5/23- Day 174: Work on Letter of Recommendation/ Proof read for a Partner and get feedback
5/24- Day 175: Last Day to Finish and Submit Letter of Recommendation Project/ GLOW Post Assessment
5/25- Day 176: Create Top Ten List/ Survival Guide for Next Years AVID Sophomores
5/26- Day 177: Start Summer Plan/ Goals
Week 40: FREEDOM
5/30- Day 178: Letter of Persuasion for Grade Improvement
Option 1) How has AVID Helped you this year?
Option 2) Convince me why you deserve to have your grade raised 3 to 4 %.
5/31- Day 179: Reflection of Class/ AVID Memories
6/1- Day 180: Field day thingy ma bob?
8/17-Day 1: Welcome back/ Expectations/ Syllabus/ Summer Recap/ Where Do you See Yourself in...?
8/18-Day 2: Snow Ball Fight Icebreaker/ Themes for the AVID II/ Explain Vocabulary & Importance/ Accountability Contract
8/19-Day 3: Roll the Dice Groups: Debrief first 3 days of school/ Time to Set up Binders/ Agenda Set up and Discussion/ Submit Schedules/ Motivational Video-"Invest in Yourself"
Week 2: CNN Notes and Fighting Forgetting!
8/22-Day 4: Cornell Notes: 10 Words that Pop into your head Warm up/ Revisit Forgetting Curve/ Real Life Examples Discussion/ How Sharp is your memory?/CNN Student News Notes & Swap- Importance of Note Taking - THE CORNELL WAY
8/23-Day 5: Review Cornell WAY-CNN Student News Notes/ Create Classroom Norms
8/24-Day 6: Week 2 Vocabulary/ CNN Student News Notes/ Importance of Essential Questions/ Small Groups Begin Brain storming: What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High school? (identify problems/ concerns/ what we know to apply process to TRF & Tutorials)- 3 column notes
8/25-Day 7: CNN Student News Notes/Continue discussing: What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High School with 3 column notes-implement it to the Tutorial process/ Discuss Critical Thinking/ Use Question for Socratic Dialogue Guide/ Closing- Why do we do Tutorials? (TRF)
8/26-Day 8: CNN Student News Quiz (How well did you buy into the Note taking and Cornell Way Process)
Week 3: Reflection, Worth of College and Resumes
8/29-Day 9: "Student Motivational Video"-Review of CNN Student News Quiz/ "Tutorial like" discussion to attempt to solve problems at South Hagerstown High School/Homework- Reflection of how well your note taking is going? Did your strategies help you or is there room for improvement
8/30-Day 10: Reflection: How well is your note taking going based off CNN STUDENT NEWS QUIZ/ One Pager on New York Times: Is College Worth it?
8/31-Day 11: Reflection of CNN Student News Quiz and Note Taking due/ Clean up Day- Finish 1 pagers,Conference on Classes
9/1-Day 11: Clean up Day- Finish 1 pagers, Continue Resume Work, Conference on Classes
What are you involved in? /Start Resume Project- Sample Resume, Resume Tips PPT, High School Activities Sheet
9/2-Day 12: Discussion/Complete and Edit Resumes / Hand out TRFs
Week 4: Finish Resumes and Update 4 Year Plans
9/6-Day 13: "Tough Times Dont Last, Tough People Do"/ Finish and Peer Edit Resumes/ Prep for Interview Questions
9/7-Day 14: Warm up- Quickwrite- Difference between being in AVID and doing AVID/Finish Resumes For Quality- Submit on Google Classroom
9/8-Day 15: Start Tutorials!
9/9-Day 16: Present Resumes- Remember your goal! Interviews/ feedback from the class
Week 5: Goals and Plans
9/12- Day 17: Interviews/
9/13- Day 18: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/14- Day 19: Binder Check /Take Cornell Notes on: AVID Weekly- Transferring from a two year school to a 4 year university/ US News: Making the Leap
9/15- Day 20: Review of Tutorial Process- Three column Note Taking on The Roles of each part of the process for Jason's Tutorial/ TRF Reflection/ Questions to Ask during a Tutorial / TRF Cheat Sheet/ Tutorial Process PPT
9/16- Day 21: Join AVID Program Google Classroom/ Timed Writing: 35 minutes to Create an Argument why transferring from a two year school to a 4 year university can be the best situations for some students
Week 6: PSAT Practice and Career Research
9/19- Day 22: Dream Job Quickwrite/ Career Research Assignment- using Bureau of Labor Statistics/ Create 1:30 Commercial on your Top Three Career Choices Using iMovie- Must have ATLEAST 1 sheet of Cornell Notes completed with Assignment
9/20- Day 23: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection / REMEBER THE STEPS IN THE TUTORIAL PROCESS!!!
9/21- Day 24: Complete Career Research Commercials/ Conference Grades
9/22- Day 25: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/23- Day 26: PSAT Practice Day- complete Either the Writing or the Reading and Math (non Calculator) (words are links to tests)
Week 7: Academic Reports and What Professors Want
9/26- Day 27: Cornell Note check/ Greatest Struggle in School Four Corners activity-> How do we improve these struggles- Not Comprehending/ Uninterested/ Time Management/ Social Distractions- In Groups create a web- Green marker- Ways to help these struggles- Blue Marker- Examples from your current school year that have contributed to this/ AVID Academic Report
9/27- Day 28: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/28- Day 29: 3 Column Note Warm up- What do successful students look like, What do they act like, what do they sound like?(our Three Column Notes on Successful students) /AVID weekly: 7 Things Professors Wish Students Knew- Apply the 7 things Professors Wish Students Knew and Create 7 Bits of Advice to yourself to reach your potential- Both Currently AND when You get to College!
9/29- Day 30:Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
9/31- Day 31: Binder Check/ AVID Tutorial Reflection Guide/Independent Work Day
Week 8: GLOW and Learning Styles
10/3- Day 32: Warm up- Get to Know your finance Vocab/GLOW Orientation- Schedule and BINGO/ Pre Assessment test
10/4- Day 33: Tutorials/ TRF Reflection
10/5- Day 34: Warm up- Stand up, Sit Down Questions about learning style-Learning Style Inventory/ How can I apply this knowledge to improve my academic performance?/ Learning Style Reflection- Follow up Quizzes - Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Quiz- VARK How Do I learn Best?
10/6- Day 35: Field Trip to Penn State- Main Campus- Be at school Ready to go by 7:30am
10/7- Day 36: Sample PLAN Test- Pre ACT practice/ reflect on Note cards and read Aloud
Week 9: Widely Held Beliefs and Credit 101
10/10- Day 37: Timed Writing Introduction-Discussion/ Analyzing Widely Held Beliefs writing prompt/ examine AVID Writing Prompt Analysis/ Point of View Discussion: Widely Held Beliefs are often right, or are often wrong?/ Brainstorm Widely held beliefs that are right or wrong/ Timed Writing- 10 minutes to prepare for writing/ 10 minutes to write Introduction/ Collect and redistribute to analyze Introductions....What is an Introduction?
10/11- Day 38: Tutorials (Using Last Weeks TRF's)
10/12- Day 39: AVID Weekly Summaries and Reflections on Google Classroom (Mr Rudy Absent) Help Teens Change the World/ Cut off the Wifi to get Young Adults to Vote
10/13- Day 40: Tutorials (Using Last Weeks TRF's)- If we run out we will use Real World POC's to discuss
10/14- Day 41: GLOW DAY 2-CREDIT 101- Introduction to Credit/ GLOW CREDIT 101 PPT
Week 10: End of Marking Period 1
10/17- Day 42: Analyze Introduction Paragraphs/ Share Samples/ Examine aspects of a good Introduction/ Last 15 minutes Binder Check
10/18- Day 43: Tutorials
10/19- Day 44: PSAT Day
10/ 20- Day 45: (End of Marking Period 1) Tutorials
Week 11: Procrastination, Murders and TRF Quality
10/24- Day 46:Warm up- List 5 Times that you have procrastinated in the last Month/ TED Talk: Mind of a Procrastinator/ Washington Post Article using Tim Urban's Procrastination/Take Cornell Notes During TED Talk/ Draft a Letter to your "Future self" to help you avoid procrastination- AGENDA NEEDED IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY!
10/25- Day 47: Tutorials
10/26- Day 48: Claim, Evidence and Reasoning- Lunch Room Murder PPT/ Lunch Room Murder Handout/ Case of the Dead Musician Handout - If time Permits Agenda Check
10/27- Day 49: Tutorials
10/28- Day 50: New TRF Needed and Reflection of this weeks TRF is Due- Grade and edit TRF's for Quality in Partners and then as a class- Edit and fix problems with TRF's- Will be used Next week- Cornell Note Check
Week 12: TRF's and Arguments
10/31- Day 51: New TRF Needed and Reflection of this weeks TRF is Due- Grade and edit TRF's for Quality in Partners and then as a class- Edit and fix problems with TRF's- Will be used Next week- Cornell Note Check
11/1- Day 52: Tutorials: Focus on Quality POCs and Thinking Before Hand
11/2- Day 53: Warm up- Quick Write: What was the last Argument you were in? How did it go? Were you arguing with Fact or Emotion? / Critical Reading- Traditional Pattern for Argument- first time just read, 2nd time + for things you understand, ? for things you are still unclear on/ Create a GIST on VERY EFFECTIVE Argument using the rubric/ Brainstorm list of topics from NY Times Blog on Argumentative Essays for AVID II Argumentative Essay Assignment
11/3- Day 54: Tutorials
11/4- Day 55: Day to Work on Argumentative Essay Research
Week 13: Argumentative Essays and Elections
11/9- Day 56: Read recent Reflection-15 min: Quickwrite: Reflection on Recent Behavior and AVID Expectations
/ Binder Check- A-M/Last names/Research Argumentative Essays
11/10- Day 57: Binder Check- M-Z/Research and begin Outlining Argumentative Essays
11/11- Day 58: Outline and begin Drafting Argumentative Essays
Week 14: Argumentative Essays
11/14- Day 59: Complete Rough Draft
11/15- Day 60: Tutorials- Focus on Good 30 second speeches
11/16- Day 61: Continue Rough Drafts/ complete works cited page with Son of Citation in MLA Format
11/17- Day 62: Tutorials- Focus on Good 30 second speeches
11/18- Day 63: Finish Typing and Submit Argumentative Essays
Week 15: Thanksgiving and Arguments!
11/21- Day 64: Peer Edit Argumentative Essays, revise and resubmit
11/22- Day 65: Catch up Day and Grade Conferences/New TRFs are Due
Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 16: Defend your Arguments!
11/28- Day 66: Pop Corn fundraiser due! Cornell Notes and 10 Sentence Reflection on your learning on : How did we get so Clueless about the News? & Less than Studious College Students Driving up the Price for everyone/ TRFs due tomorrow
11/29- Day 67: Tutorials
11/30- Day 68: Defend your Arguments- 6 Minutes to present your argument and defend yourself to your classmates
12/1- Day 69: Tutorials
12/2- Day 70: Defend your Arguments-6 Minutes to present your argument and defend yourself to your classmates - TRF for next week due
Week 17: Defending Arguments and High School Vs College
12/5- Day 71: Finish Defending your Arguments
12/6- Day 72: Tutorials Using Last Weeks TRFs
12/7- Day 73: Finish Defending your Arguments/ Mystery AVID Check
12/8- Day 74: Myster AVID Check for those on Tech High Trip 12/7/ When finished- Conflict Style Quiz/ Analysis of Conflict Style Quiz and What is the best career for me quiz
12/9- Day 75: GLOW Day- Budgeting 102
Week 18: Your Perfect College
12/12- Day 76: Comparison on the differences between High School and College/ High School vs College Reflection/Analysis of Reflections/ Begin prep on your "Perfect College"
12/13- Day 77: Tutorials
12/14- Day 78: High School vs College Reflection Due/ Warm up: What does your perfect college campus look like? Sound like? What is the weather like? How far do you have to walk between classes? Was it hard to find parking? /Designing your Perfect College/ Make a Collage Using Google Slides of your "Perfect College"/ You must Use ATLEAST 5 Pictures and 5 Words but they CANNOT be of a specific college! Submit on Google Classroom
12/15- Day 79: Tutorials
12/16- Day 80:Designing your perfect college analysis/ Reflecting PPT/ Quickwrite: Out of the 14 College qualities, which is the most important to you? Why? Which is the least important to you? why? What are your current top three college choices and why?
No Tutorials Week 19: Due to Recent behavior Issues
Week 19: Grit, Silent Debates and Getting our AVID ON
12/19- Day 81: Perfect College Collage and Refelction Due/Binder Check/ Day to Get Organized/ Independment work day- YOU MUST BE WORKING
12/20- Day 82: TED Talk on GRIT- Take Cornell Notes on Grit and the impact it has on Students/ Begin Prep for Silent Debates-Must have 3 pages of Notes Using provided sources-
"Is the Use of Standardized Testing Improving Education in America?"
1."Here's Why we don't need Standardized Testing"-
2.Do High Stakes Testing Improve Education?-
3."What Standarized Tests dont Measure"-
4. Two Student Perspectives/
Does Social Media Ruin Friendships?-
1. "Are Social Networking Sites good for our Society?"-
2. How Facebook has changed our friendships
3.AntiSocial Networking-
4.Reflection on True Friendship
12/21- Day 83:Take Cornell Notes/ Continue Prep for Silent Debates
12/22- Day 84: Silent Debates- Collection & grade for Cornell Notes
Write your intials next to your comments- 2 people must go before you are allowed to go again
Example of Silent Debate Results- Class Discussion Rubric
Does Social Media Ruin Friendships Silent Debate Results
Is the Use of Standardized Testing Improving Education in America Silent Debate Results
Week 20: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1/4- Day 85- TED Talk- Why You will Fail to have a Great Career-The Value of Proof Reading!! Read Student Samples/ fix them and discuss good Proof Reading Strategies
1/5- Day 86- Warm up- What was the impact of the "I have a Dream Speech?"
Before Reading the I have a Dream Speech by Martin Luther King Jr - Identifiy Key Words from numbered paragraphs from the I Have a Dream Speech- develop 10 Summary sentences using those Key Words.
Rereading and Comprehension & I have a Dream Activity
2nd Read- Watch the Speech and as you listen bracket Circle in Blue- does it match your key words? Parts of the speech that Dr. King Emphasizes.
Complete After Reading and Create 3 level 2 or 3 questions based off the I have a Dream Speech for tomorrow related to how has this speech impacted modern society? Was his Dream Achieved?- Pre Seminar Question Writing
1/6- Day 87- Socratic Seminar Demonstration - Socratic Seminar- Two different groups around the classroom-
Week 21: Last Week of the Semester & Memory
1/9- Day 88: MYSTERY AVID CHECK- Submit Proof Reading assignments- Socratic Seminar Reflect on How the Process Went- What went well? Where can we improve? Now what?- Time to get Organized!
1/10- Day 89: Work on TRF's in class- Swap and work on strategies to improve Critical Thinking
1/11- Day 90: 3 minutes to memorize a list of 20 words- write down as many words as possible- TED TALK: Feats of memory anyone can use (Take Cornell Notes)- apply these tactics to your Cornell Note Taking
1/12- Day 91: Tutorials
1/13- Day 92: Reflection of First Semester- Plan/ Improve Semester 2/ Goals
Week 22: Turkeys, Eagles and Friends
1/18- Day 93: Discussion about Expectations and Realities of the Course NOW/ Intro to Friendship with NEMO and DORY/ Stop Hanging out with Turkeys and Start Soaring with Eagles PPT/ Quickwrite: 5 minutes: Write about a Time when you friends influenced you in a positive or negative way/ Group discussion and analysis of good freinds with task cards/ follow up with an analysis of your friends
1/19- Day 94: Finish what was incomplete on Day 93- Prep Socractic Seminar on Friendship Based off discussion and "Cant Soar with Eagles when you hang out with Turkeys" / Why Good Friends Make you Happy
1/20- Day 95: NEW TRF DUE- Socratic Seminar/ Silent Debate Hybrid based off of three focus questions
1. What Impact do the Friendships you have make on you academically and socially?
2. As you observe our school environment, how does this apply to the successes or failures of many of your classmates?
3. How can you apply this thoughtfulness to your transition to college? Where you will probably know NO ONE and have to make new POSITIVE Relationships.
Week 23: Problems and Solutions
1/23- Day 96: AVID Weekly- Take Cornell Notes on the Reading and Utilize 4 to 5 visuals for each article to help you better understand your notes- At the End draft a 10 sentence reflection about a topic you found interesting today and expand on it- Pick 3 articles!
Mobile Devices Rob Kids of Sleep in the Bedroom
Why do Students who do so well in High School bomb College?
To Be Truly Educated Students Must consider All Ideas
Time to Teach Teens- and all of us- how to be Saavy about News on the Internet
1/24- Day 97: Tutorials
1/25- Day 98: 2017 Student List of Problems in our School, Community and World
Start Problem-Solution Essay
Problem Solution Essay Prompt
Problem Solution Speech Cards/ Prework
Problem Solution Rubric for Essay and Presentation
Helpful Website for prompts/ Ideas 18 Interesting Problem Solution Essay Topics Top 50 Problem Solution Essays You'll Love
1/26- Day 99: Tutorials
1/27- Day 100: GLOW- College Costs- College Costs Per Student
Week 24: Problem Solution Week
1/30- Day 101: Continue work on Problem Solution Essay
1/31- Day 102: Tutorials
2/1- Day 103: Final Day to work on Problem Solution Project
2/2- Day 104: Tutorials
2/3- Day 105: 4 year plan and reflection- Present Problem Solution Project-4 year plan & Reflection- New TRF Due
Week 25: Presentations and Scholarships
2/6- Day 106: Agenda Justification- Present Problem Solution Projects
2/7- Day 107: Tutorials
2/8- Day 108: Finish Presenting Problem Solution Projects
2/9- Day 109: Tutorials
2/10- Day 110: Problem Solution Presentations- New TRF DUE
Week 26: Presentations, Question and Answer Panels with Seniors and Scholarships
2/13- Day 111: Finish Problem Solution Pretensions/ Develop Questions for AVID Seniors based on Future Schedules, College application process, FASFA, Support from AVID Classmates, Reality
2/14- Day 112: Tutorials
2/15- Day 113: Question Answer Session with AVID Seniors
2/16- Day 114: Tutorials
2/17- Day 115: Quickwrite reflection on our Q and A with the Senior AVID class/Presentations
Week 27: Finish Presentations and Financial Aid 101
2/21- Day 116: Tutorials
2/22- Day 117: Mystery AVID Check- Finish Presentations/ Discussion of Improvements & reflection of Problem Solution Projects
2/23- Day 118: Tutorials
2/24- Day 119: NEW TRF DUE- Financial Aid 101- Topics- Student Packet- Financial Aid 101 PPT
Week 28: STUDYING, AGENDAS and Timed Writing
2/27- Day 120: Warm up- You have a test coming up in 3 classes with NO STUDY GUIDE WHAT DO YOU DO?!?! Make fake plan/Examine Study Skills/ Tactics- Develop a Study Plan/ Agenda Plan for you!
2/28- Day 121: Tutorials
3/1- Day 122: Timed Writing- Compare and Contrast going to a large versus a small college- 45 Minutes/ Revisions to Problem Solution Project due/ Get Weekly Study Log and reflection
3/2- Day 123: Tutorials
3/3- Day 124: Scholarship Brain Storm Warm up/ Scholarship Advice Jigsaw/ Scholarship Searches
13 Tips for Winning a College Scholarship 12 Tips on Winning a Scholarship Tips to Avoid 7 Common Scholarship Pitfalls
College Board
College Net AVID 7 Scholarship Scams to AVOID
Fast Web
Scholarship Monkey
Scholarship Jigsaw Results
13 Tips to Winning a College Scholarship 12 Tips on winning a Scholarship
Tips to Avoid 7 Common Ships Pitfalls AVID 7 Scholarship Scams to AVOID
Week 29: Study Sessions, Focused Note Taking and Habits
3/6- Day 125: TED Talk: Americas forgotten working class- focused Note Taking/ Ways to Change a Habit Discussion
3/7- Day 126: Day to Study (Used for feedback and conference for Study Logs from 3/1)- Identify areas that you need to focus on. Attempt to overcome your confusion
3/8- Day 127: Quiz- Analyze what went wrong with your note taking
3/9- Day 128: Day to Study (Used for feedback and conference for Study Logs from 3/1)- Identify areas that you need to focus on. Attempt to overcome your confusion
3/10- Day 129: Mystery AVID Check- TED Talk on Stress and Dealing with Stress- research dealing with Stress Techniques Dealing with Stress Mini Book
Week 30: Stress Relief, Analysis and Fast Food
3/13- Day 130: Finish Mini Stress relief book
3/14- Day 131: Tutorials
3/15- Day 132: Analyze Large vs Small School Timed Writings and compare to SAT rubric/KEY/ preview fast food obesity debate
3/16- Day 133: Tutorials
3/17- Day 134: REQUIREMENTS- 4 Sheets of Cornell Notes to prep for Debate Fast Food. Fat Profits- Obesity in America/Prep for "Who is to Blame, Fast Food companies or the costumer, for Obesity in America?"
Background Videos- Super Size Me
The Truth About Your Food
Week 31: Fast Food and Obesity
3/20- Day 135: Continue Prep for "Who is to Blame, Fast Food companies or the costumer, for Obesity in America?"
Required Reading- Princeton Journal- The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain
Required Reading- Is Obesity a Disease?
Obesity and Fast Food
Does Fast Food Cause Obesity?
Cheap Food Blamed for Americas Obesity Crisis
Do Fast Food Restaurants Contribute to Obesity?Fast Food Linked to Childhood Obesity
3/21- Day 136: Tutorials
3/22- Day 137: Finish Prep for Fast food Debate- MUST BE ABLE TO CITE SOURCES WITHIN DEBATE
3/23- Day 138: Finish Prep for Fast food Debate
Week 32: Debates, Tutorials and Towson University
3/27- Day 139: Fast Food Debate- NEW TRF DUE
3/28- Day 140: Tutorials
3/29- Day 141: Tutorials
3/30- Day 142: Trip to Towson University
3/31- Day 143: GLOW- Scholarship Basics - Student response packet/ Reflection
Week 33: No Meetings Because of PARCC Testing... Be Working on Regional College Research Essays
Spring Break- 4/8-4/17
Week 34: Regional College Essay and Gettin' My AVID ON!
4/18- Day 149: Start Regional College Essay
You MUST SELECT a Realistic Regional School and you CANNOT have researched it in AVID I or Middle School.
** I know many of you will whine and say you do not want to go there. Many of these schools are fantastic schools and are both affordable and offer great programs. YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO MAKE ONE OF THESE FIT FOR YOU FOR THIS ESSAY**
Suggestions
Shepherd University Shippensburg University Frostburg State University Mount St. Marys University
Towson University Goucher College Hood College St. Marys College of Maryland
Salisbury University UMBC McDaniel College Penn State Mont Alto
Stevenson University Shenandoah University Washington College Chesapeake College
Bridgewater College Gettysburg College York College of Pennsylvania Wilson College
4/19- Day 150: No Class due to PARCC Testing- Continue Work on Regional College Essay
4/20- Day 151: Mystery AVID Check- Continue Work on Regional College Essay
4/21- Day 152: Mystery AVID Check #2- Life Check up and Re-Motivation Day
Regional College Essay due Monday 4/26 on Google Classroom- No Exceptions
Week 35: Regional College Essay, AP Studying, and Conflict Management
4/24- Day 153: Day to Write Regional College Essay
4/25- Day 154: Day to Write Regional College Essay
4/26- Day 155: Day to Write Regional College Essay- DUE!
4/27- Day 156: Day to Study for AP Government Test- Focus on Vocabulary
4/28- Day 157: Binder/ Life Check and Reflection
Binder Justification- "You have to write a justification as to what grade you deserve and why. You must provide specific examples of how and why you have used the AVID WAY to keep up your success. Be Honest With yourself and me, I know that ALL of you do not deserve 100%. Please give a grade out of 50 points."
life check- what are you doing poorly? What are you doing well? In reality in 1 year you'll be deciding on applying to college and making some major life decisions. Are you ready?
Week 36: Back to the Basics and Representing AVID
5/1- Day 158: AVID Weekly Collaboration and Big Impact Ideas Reflection
1. Can our Colleges be Saved?
2. Instragram Terms and Conditions in Plain English Implications
3. Is a College Degree the New High School Diploma?
4. Why Drivers use their phones: a Cognitive expert weighs in Infographic on the Worst Behaving Drivers
Process: -Read Your article and take good Cornell Notes- focus on annotating the text and pulling out the main ideas of the passage.
-You and your group members will work collaboratively to present your information on a white board- Represent the main Idea
-Your group members will have to discuss the major "Take Away's" and Big impact ideas of these topics- 4 minute requirement (Must involve information outside of the articles!)
- Once process is complete you must REFLECT (What, So What, Now What) on two of the topics that matter the most to you.
5/2- Day 159: Continuation of Monday 5/1 Pictures of Discussions for Reflection
1. Can our Colleges be Saved?
2. Instagram Terms and Conditions in Plain English Implications Part 2
3. Is a College Degree the New High School Diploma?
4. Why Drivers use their phones: a Cognitive expert weighs in
5/3- Day 160: AVID Kodak Moments Folder Instructions Template
5/4- Day 161: AP Gov't Test- GOOD LUCK! KNOW YOUR VOCABULARY!!!
5/5- Day 162: AVID Kodak Moments Folder
Week 37: AVID Kodak Moments, Kodak Moments and Future Letters of Recommendation
5/8- Day 163: Discussion of Regional College Essays/ Partner Grade
5/9- Day 164: Improve and Finalize Regional College Essay
5/10- Day 165: Improve and Finalize Regional College Essay
5/11- Day 166: Last Day to Finish Regional College Essay
5/12: Day 167: Finish AVID Kodak Moments Folder
Week 38: Future Letters of Recommendation
5/15- Day 168: Use AVID Kodak Moments Folder to Create a Survival Guide of AVID II for incoming 10th Graders
5/16- Day 169: Last Day to Work on AVID Kodak Moments Folder
5/17- Day 170: Hypothetical Letter of Recommendation Questionnaire - Sample of Bad Letters
Self Letter of Recommendation Project- draft the letter of recommendation you HOPE a teacher would write for you as a Senior to a college- Make a Plan to Ensure your letter looks like that- Think of who you may ask to write it- Descriptive words for a Letter of Recommendation
5/18- Day 171: HSA for Government - Good Luck
5/19- Day 172:Work on Letter of Recommendation
Week 39: THE END IS NEAR!!!
5/22- Day 173: Work on Letter of Recommendation
5/23- Day 174: Work on Letter of Recommendation/ Proof read for a Partner and get feedback
5/24- Day 175: Last Day to Finish and Submit Letter of Recommendation Project/ GLOW Post Assessment
5/25- Day 176: Create Top Ten List/ Survival Guide for Next Years AVID Sophomores
5/26- Day 177: Start Summer Plan/ Goals
Week 40: FREEDOM
5/30- Day 178: Letter of Persuasion for Grade Improvement
Option 1) How has AVID Helped you this year?
Option 2) Convince me why you deserve to have your grade raised 3 to 4 %.
5/31- Day 179: Reflection of Class/ AVID Memories
6/1- Day 180: Field day thingy ma bob?