Weeks & Resources
AVID II Syllabus Costa's Level of Questioning Link to Google Classroom for AVID II Student Blogs
Collaborative Study Group Expectations Collaborative Study Group Prework Form
College Green Light Scatter plot for Acceptance Rate AVID II Success Pyramid Competition Scoreboard
Week 40: The End
6/10- Day 178: Letter of Advice for AVID Freshmen coming up to 10th grade
6/11- Day 179: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 %.
6/12- Day 180: AVID Awards, Hall of Fame Votes and Final Day of class discussion/ Evaluation
Week 39: Home Stretch
6/3- Day 173: 2019 Socratic Seminar on Passion
6/4- Day 174: 25 Minutes to write and 25 minutes to share out 30-60 second response to class
Blog #1 of I Will Contract- Who do you wish you were? -> What is keeping you from getting there?
6/5- Day 175: Blog #2 of I Will Contract- What do you need to do to be successful next year?
6/6- Day 176: Blog #3 of I Will Contract- How did you grow this year? What would you have done differently this year?
6/7- Day 177: 1. I Will contract completion- Draft a One Page Contract with yourself and your classmates about what Standards you will hold yourself to next year- At the bottom Sign the Contract and put a date.
2. Record a message to yourself that explains what you are going to do next year to be successful.
Week 38: College and Passion
5/28- Day 169: Finish Presentations if needed/ Read and Mark the text- for Difference between High School and College Getting into College was the Easy Part/ Read and React to "High School Graduates still Struggle with College Readiness"
5/29- Day 170: Analyze- "How High School is different from College"-Note when you have had experiences like these in High school (On the Left) On the right note how it would have been different in college / Start Passion Unit- Watch
1. Passion Motivational Video
2. Passion a short film
3. Live Your Life With Passion
5/30- Day 171: Tie up loose ends from Day 170.
Discussion Questions
1. What does Passion Look like? Feel like? Act like?
2. Is Passion a good thing?
3. How do you find your Passion?
Read and Take Notes on Passion Paradox
5/31- Day 172: Finish reading and Prep for 2019 Socratic Seminar on Passion
Week 37: Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Contest
5/20- Day 164: Day 3 of 5 Minute Thesis Project
5/21- Day 165: Day 4 of 5 Minute Thesis Project- Google Slide Due by 1:40 PM
5/22- Day 166: Day 1 of Presentations
5/23- Day 167: Day 2 of Presentations
5/24- Day 168: Day 3 of Presentations
Presentation order and topic
1. Satiera- Drugs in School 2. Erin- Too much screen time for children
3. Brandon- Violence in Baltimore City 4. Chayse- Homelessness in America
5. Maggie- Texting and Driving for teens 6. Dan'Naijah- Lack of College Readiness
7. Sadia- Proper Discipline for Young children 8. Celeste- Single use plastics
9. Arieanna- school shootings in the US 10. Saira- Bad Sportsmanship
11. Maria- Homelessness in Hagerstown 12. Kym- Neglect in Nursing homes
13. Selime- Lack of reinforcement of south's dress code 14. Ayanna- Cyber bullying
15. Haily- Body Shaming towards Women 16. Jasmene- Gun Control
17. Noel- Phone usage in School 18. Busayo- Teenage Pregnancy
19. Kaialani- Illegal Abortion 20. Allison- Teenage Suicide Rate
21. Mikela- Mexican immigration to US 22. Constance- Physically abusive relationships
23. Abigail- Death of Ocean ecosystems
Week 36: Finish Regional College Essays and Start Problem Solution
5/13- Day 159: Discussion of Regional Colleges- 30 second speech about what you liked/ disliked about your College of Choice. Be sure to provide SPECIFICS.
5/14- Day 160: GLOW Post assessment/ Study Day
5/15- Day 161: Begin Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project Research
1. Brainstorm Problems in Our School, Community, and World
2. Brainstorm Solutions
Problem Solution Speech Cards/ Prework
Helpful Website for prompts/ Ideas 18 Interesting Problem Solution Essay Topics Top 50 Problem Solution Essays You'll Love
You will have Thursday,Friday , Monday and Tuesday to Create Your Slide and work on your presentation of your 5 minute thesis for your problem solution project.
***You will have NO LONGER than 5 Minutes*** Presentations will Start Wednesday 5/22
**Your presentations will be graded based on How well you present the problem as well as how thoughtful your proposed solutions are*
5/16- Day 162: Day 1 of Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project
5/17- Day 163: Day 2 of Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project
Problem Solution 5 minute Thesis Topics
DanNaijah- Lack of college Readiness Mikela- Mexican Immigration to the United States
Saira- Lack of Sportsmanship Maggie- Texting and Driving for Teens Jasmene- Gun Control
Busayo- Teenage Pregnancy Constance- Physically Abusive relationships (Towards Women)
Arieanna- School Shootings Allison- Teenage Suicide Rate Chayse- Homelessness in the United States
Maria- Homelessness in Hagerstown Selime- Lack of rule enforcement at SHHS Sadia- Proper discipline of young children
Noel- Phone Usage Brandon- Gang Violence in Baltimore Kaialani- Pro-Choice
Satiera- Fighting in School Kymberley- neglect in nursing homes
Celeste- Single Use Plastic Consumption Haily- Body Shaming toward women Ayanna- Cyberbullying
Abigail-
Erin- Too much screen time for children
Week 35: Finishing Regional College Essays
Blog Post #15: What is the last you did/ experienced that was really worth remembering? Due 5/19
5/6- Day 154: Easy day due to AP Government test
5/7- Day 155: Regional College Essay Day 6
5/8- Day 156: Regional College Essay Day 7
5/9- Day 157: Regional College Essay Day 8
5/10- Day 158: Regional College Essay Day 9- essay due at 11:59
Week 34: AP Review and Regional College Essays
4/29- Day 149: Regional College Essay Day 3
4/30- Day 150: Day to Study for AP Government Exam AP Government Quizlet Review
5/1- Day 151: Day to Study for AP Government Exam AP Government Review Channel
5/2- Day 152: Regional College Essay Day 4
5/3- Day 153: Regional College Essay Day 5
Week 33: Regional College Essay
Blog # 14: Imagine you are talking to a struggling 8th grader, write your own Rudy/ Yockel Rant Due 5/5
4/23- Day 145: Start Regional College Essay / NEW CSG DUE/ OLD CSG DUE
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
4/24- Day 146: Collaborative Study Groups
4/25- Day 147: Collaborative Study Groups
4/26- Day 148: Regional College Essay Day 2
*** You will have exactly 9 Days to work on your Regional College Essay in class***
Week 32: Finish Habits, Bring on Spring Break!
4/15- Day 141: Finish Reading from Day 140 New CSG Due and OLD CSG DUE
4/16- Day 142:Collaborative Study Groups (Mr Rudy Absent because of AVID 8th Grade Interviews)
4/17- Day 143: Discuss Blog #13 With Padlet/ Collaborative Study Groups
4/18- Day 144: Socratic Seminar on Habit formation
You must do three things to prep for the Socratic seminar below.
1.Write your name
2.Cite a specific part of the text that you are referencing (Use your notes to find a topic you are interested in)
3. Ask a question that DIRECTLY Relates to the Text in part 2.
Create Your 5 Rules of Successful Habits- Create a Plan of implementation to fix Bad habits/ Improve Good Habits/ Develop a Habit Tracker for your plan
Week 31: Habits
4/8- Day 136: Motivational Speech on Habits /Discussion of Good and Bad Habits/ Introduce Habits- 1% Better Everyday NEW CSG DUE
4/9- Day 137: GLOW- Personal Finance Habits
4/10- Day 138: Collaborative Study Groups
4/11- Day 139: Collaborative Study Groups
4/12- Day 140: Start Habits Reading - DO NOT Read Pages 69-79, 152, 205, 229-233 and 251-253/ Homework- Begin Tracking your identified best and worst habits- As you Read keep a running list of all the Tips James Clear gives on Habit formation/ building better habits.
Week 30: Book Ending Stress
Blog #13: Revisit your Top Ten Statements to live by from Blog #11. Explain HOW you actually live by those statements. Provide specific examples to back up your claims. Due 4/14
4/1- Day 133: Last Day to Work on Dealing with Stress Mini Book- Mini Book due by the end of the period / OLD CSG DUE
4/2- Day 134: Socratic Seminar on Dealing with Stress - Using your Notes and Chapter 4 of "The Upside of Stress"- Engage you must specifically reference the text to have an intelligent conversation about the perspective of Stress and Stress Management
You must do three things to prep for the Socratic seminar below.
1.Write your name
2.Cite a specific part of the text that you are referencing (Use your notes to find a topic you are interested in)
3. Ask a question that DIRECTLY Relates to the Text in part 2.
4/3- Day 135: Finish Stress Rant Google Doc from day 124- In a new Color give your partner more advice on how to handle the stresses that they have. Once your partner is finished add at the BOTTOM of the document a reflection about your current stress level and how you plan to manage the "Upside" of that stress
4/4- Day 136: Organization Self Evaluation on Google Classroom
Week 29: Dealing with Stress Continued
3/25- Day 128: continue reading and notes from Day 127 3/22- OLD CSG/ NEW CSG Due
3/26- Day 129: Finish Reading Chapter 4 Engage and notes/ research dealing with Stress Techniques Dealing with Stress Mini Book
3/27- Day 130: Collaborative Study Groups
3/28- Day 131: Collaborative Study Groups
3/29- Day 132: Day to Continue work on Dealing with Stress Mini Book
Week 28: Stresses and Competition
Blog Post #12- Do you Agree or Disagree with this Statement- "Do or Do Not. There is no Try.- Yoda" Due 3/31
Example Picture 1 Example Picture 2
3/18-Day 123: Wrap up Last of Argumentative Essay Defenses/ Introduce AVID II Success Pyramid Competition / NEW CSG DUE & OLD CSG and Reflection Due
3/19- Day 124: Stress introduction/Google Doc Stress "Rant"
1. You will have 30 minutes to type about whatever you are stressed about. IT should be a Rant. It should be a way to get the majority of those things off your chest. Please Type in Separate paragraphs based on the topic that you are stressed on.
2. Pick a partner from your team that you are comfortable sharing with. Share the Doc With them.
3. On your PARTNERS Google Doc (The one they shared with you) Type in a different color your suggestions for dealing with that stress. Be as helpful as possible- this is designed to measure what you know about coping with stress now.
4. Share out the suggestions your partners gave you.
3/20- Day 125: Collaborative Study Groups
3/21- Day 126: Collaborative Study Groups
3/22- Day 127: Watch and Take notes on TED Talk on Stress and Dealing with Stress/ Begin reading Chapter 4 of "The Upside of Stress"- Engage- as you read take notes by writing a one sentence summary of each paragraph.
Week 27: Finish Defenses
3/11- Day 118: Argumentative Defenses Day 4 NEW CSG/ OLD CSG Reflection Due
3/12- Day 119: Read "What do Employers Really Want?" and Watch TED Talk- Why You will Fail to have a Great Career and write a reflections on the steps to be successful in your intended career/ Rudy ABSENT for College Visit
3/13- Day 120: Collaborative Study Groups
3/14- Day 121: Collaborative Study Groups
3/15- Day 122: Hopefully finish Argumentative Defenses Day 5
Week 26: Defenses and College Fairs
Blog #11: Write Your Top 10 Statements to live by. Rank them from Most important to least important. Due 3/17
Rudy's top 10 Statements to live by
3/4- Day 113: NHHS College Fair - Be by the security desk after 2nd period
3/5- Day 114: Argumentative Defenses Day 1/ NEW CSG DUE
1. Erin 7. Saira 13.Abigail 19. Kymberley
2. Mikela 8. Celeste 14.Aaliyah 20. Chayse
3. Maria 9. Brandon 15. Arieanna 21. Constance
4. Ayanna 10. Dan'Naijah 16. Sadia 22. Haily
5. Noel 11. Maggie 17. Busayo 23. Kaialani
6. Jasmene 12. Satiera 18. Allison 24. Selime
3/6- Day 115: Argumentative Defenses before lunch/ Collaborative Study Groups
3/7- Day 116: Argumentative Defenses before lunch/Collaborative Study Groups
3/8- Day 117: Argumentative Defenses Day 4
Week 25: Finishing up!
2/25- Day 108: Argumentative Essay Day 9
2/26- Day 109: Argumentative Essay Day 10- Must submit a rough draft on Google Classroom by 11:59 with an Alias for Peer Editing- All late submissions will be a 15/30
For citation Help you can use Citation Maker or Easy Bib
2/27- Day 110: Collaborative Study Groups
2/28- Day 111: Peer Editing Argumentative Essays- Final Draft Due Sunday night 3/3 at 11:59 on Google Classroom
3/1- Day 112: Preview NHHS College Fair / Discuss point of Field Trip/ study Day
Week 24: Essays and Studying
2/19- Day 105: NEW CSG DUE/ Argumentative Essay Day 7
2/20- It Snowed some, so no school today.
2/21- Day 106: Argumentative Essay Day 8 (If you are not writing by now you should be concerned)
2/22- Day 107: Collaborative Study Groups
Week 23: Essays and Scholarship Scams
2/11- Ice Day thing #1
2/12- Ice day thing #2
2/13- Day 102: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
2/14- Day 103: Argumentative Essay Day 5
2/15- Day 104: Argumentative Essay Day 6
Week 22: Colleges, Costs and PSATs
2/4- Day 97: 1. Intro: How Much does College Cost? (on White Board)
2.Stories from Mentors about College Debt
-WHY THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY!
3.Review College Costs for Local Schools
4.Examine the Pros and Cons of each School on White boards
5.Research your Top Two schools for cost using CNN's How Much will that College Really Cost? and College Boards find Your Future Page
2/5- Day 98: Financial Aid 101 GLOW PPT - Overview of Financial Aid Process / 7.25 Myths about FASFA
2/6- Day 99: PSAT Analysis with Mr Yockel- PRE PSAT Analysis - find 3 Schools that you are interested in and find the SAT Writing and Reading and Math Score Ranges for those schools/ PSAT Score analysis / PSAT PPT Instructions
2/7- Day 100: Argumentative Essay Research Day 4
2/8- Day 101: GLOW- Scholarship Basics - Student response packet/ Reflection
Work due 2/8 in this order- Local College Costs Packet + Financial Aid Glow Packet + GPA/PSAT analysis(extra Credit 5 points) + Scholarship Basics
Week 21: Argumentative Essay
No Blogs during Argumentative Essay
1/28-Day 92: WICOR Evaluation / Get organized for Semester 2
1/29-Day 93: Goal Setting and Reflecting from Semester 1 and Semester 2
1/30- Day 94: 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
1/31- Day 95: Research Day #2-Note Taking and Planning for Argumentative Essay
2/1- Day 96: Research Day #3- Begin organizing information- Color code and Begin Outline Process- Example Outline
Week 20: End of Marking Period 2
1/22-Day 88: Take 3 Pages of Notes on
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
5. What Do Happy Teens Do?
1/23-Day 89: Day to Study for AP Government Test
1/24- Day 90: Introduction Statement on- Does Social Media Ruin Friendships? / Final Day to Prep for Silent Debate
1/25- Day 91:Silent Debate- Does Social Media Ruin Friendships
Week 19: Friendships and Social Media
Blog Post #10: Reflect on "The difference between successful people and failures is the amount of time they spend outside of their comfort zone." Watch "How Your Comfort Zone can Ruin You" /Comfort zone Picture / "Where the Magic Happens" / The 2% Mindset / Due 1/27
1/14- Day 83:Student Led discussion on Time Management:
1/15- Day 84: Intro to Friendship with 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 friends with task cards follow up with an analysis of your friends / CSG Reflection and NEW CSG Due
1/16- Day 85: Reading "Chapter 16- Stop Hanging out with Turkeys and Start Soaring with the Eagles" & Adam Grant TED Talk: Are you a giver or a Taker? /Begin prep for Socratic Seminar on Friendship and Social Media
1/17- Day 86: Collaborative Study Groups
1/18- Day 87:Collaborative Study Groups
Week 18: Time Management and Silent Debate
1/7- Day 78: Discussion of Peak Performance- Stress Yourself and Minimalist to Minimalist/ NEW CSG DUE
Your choice of (Pick Two)
How to Build Self Discipline Thomas Frank
How to ACTUALLY stop wasting Time on the Internet Thomas Frank
5 ways to Build Focus and Concentration Thomas Frank
“I Don’t Feel like It…” Is a mindset for Amateurs Thomas Frank
1/8- Day 79: Tie up Lose ends from 1/7
Submit 3 Discussion Questions to Google Classroom for 1/11- Late Questions will receive no credit
1/9- Day 80 Collaborative Study Groups
1/10- Day 81: Collaborative Study Groups
1/11- Day 82: Have Good Notes/ Time Management Work Due (Time Log + Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator notes + Peak Performance Notes + two sheets of notes from Day 78)
Week 17: Welcome Back from Winter Break-Time Management
Blog Post #9- Reflect on blog posts, 2, 5 and 7. Are you living up to your Words? You must quote Yourself in your post. Due 1/13
1/2- Day 75: Intro- How Much Time do you waste a Day? Time Management Questionnaire Time Log - Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator Cornell Notes
1/3- Day 76: Focus and Concentration Thomas Frank- Cornell Notes / Sketch Note sub Topics of "Peak Performance" By Steve Magness
1/4- Day 77: chapter 3 "Stress Yourself" and Chapter 7 "Minimalist to be a Maximalist" For Educational Purposes only- Please don't Sue me!
Week 16: More Interviews
12/17- Day 70: Academic Time/ Day 4 of Interviews
12/18- Day 71: Academic Time/ Day 5 of Interviews
12/19- Day 72: Academic Time/ Additional Blog Assignment- Watch "Why the Best Hire Might Not be the Perfect Resume" and Response to prompt on Google Classroom- When was the last time you experienced Failure? How did you respond to it? Would you define yourself as resilient? Why does being resilient matter to being successful? How Does this TED talk Apply to your Story/ Resume?
12/20- Day 73: Academic Time/ 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
12/21- Day 74: Academic Time/ Comparison on the differences between High School and College/ High School vs College Reflection
Week 15: Interviews
Blog #8- React to this picture Due 12/23
12/10- Day 65: Academic Time/ Day 2 of Interviews New CSG and Reflection due
12/11- Day 66: Academic Time/ Blog 7 Bowl Discussion Activity /Day 3 of Interviews
12/12- Day 67: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/13- Day 68: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/14- Day 69: Academic Time/GLOW- Budgeting 102 Student Packet
Week 14: Finish Resumes & Interviews
12/3- Day 60: Academic Time/ Majority of Class on Visit to Shepherd/ Bowie State University
12/4- Day 61: Academic Time/ Peer Edit Resumes/ Prep for Interviews / Interview Feedback from Class / Reflection and NEW CSG due
12/5- Day 62: Academic Time/ Time Management Assessment /Start Mock College Interviews
12/6- Day 63: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/7- Day 64: Academic Time/ Rudy Absent- Collaborative Study Groups
Interview Order
1. Edinam 7. Maria 13. Abigail 19. Aaliyah 25. Haily
2. DanNaijah 8. Saira 14. Sadia 20. Allison 26. Satiera
3. Sequoya 9. Celeste 15. Busayo 21. Noel 27. Mikela
4. Arieanna 10. Maggie 16. Kaialani 22. Constance
5. Destiny 11. Chayse 17. Brandon 23. Selime
6. Erin 12. Ayanna 18. Kymberley 24. Jasmene
Week 13: Start Resume Questions
Blog #7- Reflect on the Quote "Success is not owned, It is leased and rent is due Everyday"- JJ Watt Due 12/9
11/26- Day 55: Academic Time/ Resume Project - Sample Resume, Resume Tips PPT , High School Activities Sheet - New CSG Due
11/27- Day 56: Academic Time/ Grade your peers Blog #6- Submit a paragraph explaining why you gave it the grade you did/Day to Work on Resume Project
11/28- Day 57: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/29- Day 58: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/30- Day 59: Academic Time/ Have Good Focus Notes/SHHS AVID Cornell Note taking Rubric/Finalize Resumes- Hopefully in Media Center
Week 12: Thanksgiving
11/19- Day 53: Academic Time/ Judging of College Entrance Essays- Who would get in?/ Discussion of what made these essays great/ Discussion of Blog #5
11/20- Day 54: Academic Time/ College and Academic Password
11/21- Professional Day- No School for Students
11/22- Thanksgiving- Run a Turkey Trot!
11/23- Black Friday- don't fall for it and waste money
Week 11: Finish Essays and Getting our AVID on
Blog #6: Selection option 1 or 2- If you used one of these for your application essay you must select the other one
1. Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why?
2. What is the best advice you ever received? Why? and Did you follow it? Due 11/25
11/12- Day 48: Academic time/ Peer Editing 2 College Entrance Essays- USE Aliases for to keep names anonymous / NEW CSG Due
11/13- Day 49: Academic time/ Day to finish College Entrance Essay
11/14- Day 50: Academic time & Collect peer editing scores/ Collaborative Study Groups/ final College Entrance Essay Due on Google Classroom at 11:59
11/15- Day 51: Academic time/ Snow Day in November?
11/16- Day 52: Academic time/ Collaborative Study Groups
Week 10: College Application Essay Project and election Day
11/5- Day 44: Academic Time/ Outlining and Drafting of College Entrance Essay/ CSG Reflection due
11/6- No School election Day
11/7- Day 45: Academic Time/ Drafting of College Entrance Essay
11/8- Day 46: Academic Time/ Drafting of College Entrance Essay
11/9- Day 47: Academic Time/ MP 1 Report Card Reflection/ Time to Finish College Essays- Due at 11:59 on Google Classroom (rough Draft)
1. What were your best grades? Why did you excel in those classes? What is different about those compared to the classes you struggle with?
2. What was your worst class? What contributed to this grade? How do you plan to fix that this marking period?
3. What do your teacher comments say about you? How did you react to the highlighted comments? How will you fix them?
Week 9: College Application Essay Project and Mentoring
Blog Post #5- Reflect on the Guru Story - Due 11/11
10/29- Day 39: New CSG and Reflection Due/ Academic Time/ Choose a positive quality you'd like to convey to an admission committee. A strength that makes you a positive addition to any group
Complete this sentence "I am a very_____________ person"
20 Minute story- "Tell a story about an experience or time when you showed you were a very ______________person"
Share out and Relate to College Application Essay and importance of college Application Essays with College Green Light
10/30- Day 40: Group Wide AVID meeting and Motivational Speaker- Eat on First lunch in Rudys room
10/31- Day 41: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/1- Day 42: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/2- Day 43: Academic Time/ Start College Application Essay Project - WHOLE PROCESS- All day on Prewriting
Week 8: Finish Study Skills and Credit
10/22- Day 34: Academic Time- Credit 301 - Credit Card research
10/23- Day 35: Academic Time/ Discussion of Study Skills and Planning in Teams/ CSG Due
10/24- Day 36: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/25- Day 37: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/26- Day 38: Revisit Goals From 9/12/ College 101 lecture / Discussion on Blog #4
Week 7: Credit and Study Skills
Blog #4: Select one Option. Your Blog Must start one of these ways. It is Your Job to Finish it in 500 words
1. School is...
2. Challenge is...
3. Opportunity is... Due 10/28
10/15-Day 30: Credit 101 Student Packet Credit Presentation
10/16-Day 31: Credit 201 Student Packet 201 Presentation
10/17-Day 32: EOS Survey
Paper Ball fight- 1 Do you know HOW to Study? 2 How well do you Actually Study? Discussion
Studying for Exams Crash Course
The Most Powerful Way to Remember what you Study- Thomas Frank
8 Habits of Highly Successful Students
Watch and Take Cornell Notes on Videos Independently
Develop Three High Quality questions about how these topics can be applied to AVID and High School Success.
10/18-Day 33:Tie up Loose ends of Study Skills Unit/ Exploration based on Needs
Test Anxiety Thomas Frank
10 Ways to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes on Exams Thomas Frank
How to Take Notes Faster Thomas Frank
How to Study Effectively with Flashcards Thomas Frank
Sketch Noting + Cornell Notes
Based off Latest Tips develop your own top ten habits of how you can improve your studying. Develop a Plan to keep up with this plan- WE WILL REVISIT IT IN A MONTH OR SO.
Week 6: PSAT and Study Skills
10/8- Day 25: 1. Revise Notes from Crash Course Planning and Organization- In another Color pen add in way that you can APPLY our AVID strategies to his main ideas! (12 minutes)
(15 Minutes)- Time to Organize Binders and Agendas based on AVID II MUST HAVES
Apply his suggestions to AVID WAY. Set up Binder and Agenda
-Binder Checklist
-Binder Evaluation
-Agenda Checklist
Time to organize Agendas and Binders using check lists!
Partner Task- Mark the Text: AVID Transfer goals -
Discussion: Post on Padlet- Where are you now? where do you want to be by the end of the year? Where do you NEED to be to be ready for college? (Be Honest)
10/9- Day 26: Academic time/ : 6 Habits of Successful Ivy League Students Reading
How to get more Work Done in Less time Reading
Take Cornell Notes on Readings
Develop Three High Quality Questions about How these habits/ Tips can be applied to AVID and High School Success
10/10-Day 27: PSAT Day/ CSG DUE
10/11- Day 28: Academic time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/12- Day 29: Collaborative Study Groups
Week 5: Meet the Mentor and Getting Organized
Blog Post #3: Now that you have created your Autobiography, Give you Life so far a title and justify that title. In addition Describe the 3 most important events in your life so far that have made you "you" Due Date 10/14
10/1- Day 20: Finish Autobiographies/ Meet the GLOW Mentor
10/2- Day 21: Academic Time/ Time to Share/ Discuss Blog Post #2 on Padlet/ Agenda/ Planner Justification
10/3- Day 22: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/4- Day 23: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/5- Day 24: Quick write: On a Scale of 1 to 10 how well do you plan and organize your life? Justify your Answer
Take Cornell Notes
Planning and Organization Crash Course- How do our AVID Strategies Apply to his suggestions?
Reflection- How is my current Organization and planning? What areas can I improve on and How can I keep up the HABIT of good organization and planning?
Week 4: Life Stories and Collaborative Study Groups
9/24- Day 15: As much time as you use well to work on Autobiographies/ Presentations- 5 minutes per person
9/25- Day 16: GLOW Pre-Assessment/ Create First CSG in class- Discuss good components- Share Examples
9/26- Day 17: Academic Time/ Present Autobiographies- 5 minutes per person
9/27- Day 18: Academic Time/ First CSG in class- 2- 3 Groups to Portable 2 with Mr Yockel
9/28- Day 19: Finish Autobiographies/ time to Complete Blogs if left over
Week 3: Problems at South and Autobiographies
Blog Post #2: Watch this Speech then reflect on the Quote- "Tough Times Don't Last, Tough People do."- Due 9/30
9/17- Day 10: Discuss What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High School / Discuss Critical Thinking/ Attempt to to develop solutions for these problems/ Relate back to TRF's and CSG's- Present
9/18- Day 11: Academic Time/ Start Autobiography assignment- Share Mr Rudy's Life Story
***This assignment will be altered due to the size of our class***
1. You will have a Day to type your autobiography based on the requirements
2. You will find a partner and that partner will ask 10 to 15 questions at the bottom of the Google Doc for you to clarify
3. You will answer those questions for them
4. You will then have 5 minutes to present in front of the class explaining YOUR PARTNERS life story
As a class will we grade how well each person did
9/19- Day 12: Academic Time/ Autobiography Assignment
9/20- Day 13: Academic Time/ Autobiography Assignment
9/21-Day 14: Submit Academic Time Grades/ Start Autobiography presentations or finish writing depending on how your work ethic is- 5 Minutes per pair
Week 2: Personalities and Cornell Notes
9/10- Day 5: Take the Enneagram Personality Test/ Write a Blog Post about your results. What did you learn about yourself? What does it show you about your strengths? What about your weaknesses? How can you use this information to better yourself?
Help interpreting results More Analysis of results
9/11- Day 6: Cornell Notes: 10 Words that Pop into your head Warm up/ Revisit Forgetting Curve / Real Life Examples Discussion/ How Sharp is your memory? /What do Top Students do Differently?- TED Talk -Notes/ Importance of Note Taking - THE CORNELL WAY / Revise by Highlighting and Marking up your notes
9/12- Day 7: Join Google Classroom- 19u81t/ 1 Month Goals - 3 Month Goals /Review Cornell WAY/ Quit Social Media- TED Talk/ Create Classroom Norms/ Revise by Reflecting on the topic and Using Blue and Red Pens
9/13- Day 8: Academic Time/ TED Talk: Why our Screens Make us less happy Notes/ Set up Blogs/ Revise by Sketch Noting the Main Ideas
9/14- Day 9: Note Taking Quiz (How well did you buy into the Note taking and Cornell Way Process)- Time to Work on Blog Post
Week 1: Welcome Back!
Blog: What were your goals at the End of Freshmen Year? What did you do over the Summer to worked towards them? If you did nothing, what do you regret? Due 9/16
9/4- Day 1: Welcome Back/ Expectations/ Syllabus / Stand and Summer Story/ Advice from Last Years AVID Class / This or That
9/5- Day 2: Two Truths and a Lie Ice Breaker/ Debrief first 3 days of school/ What Students Really need to hear /AVID II Contract -Due by 9/11
9/6- Day 3: Mr Rudy Absent- Watch "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" / Write a reflection on the type of leaders you are around and what you can do to be a better leader/ Catch up on Work for other classes/ Submit Work
9/7- Day 4: Mr Rudy Absent- Grab a Partner- Choose two articles that you are interested in-
1. Independently take focused notes on both articles
2. Swap notes and add in a different color for your partners notes
3. Write a reflection on how these topics impact your life
4. Prepare a 1 minute speech on what you would tell a middle schooler about these topics Submit Work
How to Survive the College Admissions Madness
Will you Sprint, Stroll or Stumble into a Career?
Today's Exhausted Super Kids
Social Media: Destroyer or Creator
6/10- Day 178: Letter of Advice for AVID Freshmen coming up to 10th grade
6/11- Day 179: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 %.
6/12- Day 180: AVID Awards, Hall of Fame Votes and Final Day of class discussion/ Evaluation
Week 39: Home Stretch
6/3- Day 173: 2019 Socratic Seminar on Passion
6/4- Day 174: 25 Minutes to write and 25 minutes to share out 30-60 second response to class
Blog #1 of I Will Contract- Who do you wish you were? -> What is keeping you from getting there?
6/5- Day 175: Blog #2 of I Will Contract- What do you need to do to be successful next year?
6/6- Day 176: Blog #3 of I Will Contract- How did you grow this year? What would you have done differently this year?
6/7- Day 177: 1. I Will contract completion- Draft a One Page Contract with yourself and your classmates about what Standards you will hold yourself to next year- At the bottom Sign the Contract and put a date.
2. Record a message to yourself that explains what you are going to do next year to be successful.
Week 38: College and Passion
5/28- Day 169: Finish Presentations if needed/ Read and Mark the text- for Difference between High School and College Getting into College was the Easy Part/ Read and React to "High School Graduates still Struggle with College Readiness"
5/29- Day 170: Analyze- "How High School is different from College"-Note when you have had experiences like these in High school (On the Left) On the right note how it would have been different in college / Start Passion Unit- Watch
1. Passion Motivational Video
2. Passion a short film
3. Live Your Life With Passion
5/30- Day 171: Tie up loose ends from Day 170.
Discussion Questions
1. What does Passion Look like? Feel like? Act like?
2. Is Passion a good thing?
3. How do you find your Passion?
Read and Take Notes on Passion Paradox
5/31- Day 172: Finish reading and Prep for 2019 Socratic Seminar on Passion
Week 37: Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Contest
5/20- Day 164: Day 3 of 5 Minute Thesis Project
5/21- Day 165: Day 4 of 5 Minute Thesis Project- Google Slide Due by 1:40 PM
5/22- Day 166: Day 1 of Presentations
5/23- Day 167: Day 2 of Presentations
5/24- Day 168: Day 3 of Presentations
Presentation order and topic
1. Satiera- Drugs in School 2. Erin- Too much screen time for children
3. Brandon- Violence in Baltimore City 4. Chayse- Homelessness in America
5. Maggie- Texting and Driving for teens 6. Dan'Naijah- Lack of College Readiness
7. Sadia- Proper Discipline for Young children 8. Celeste- Single use plastics
9. Arieanna- school shootings in the US 10. Saira- Bad Sportsmanship
11. Maria- Homelessness in Hagerstown 12. Kym- Neglect in Nursing homes
13. Selime- Lack of reinforcement of south's dress code 14. Ayanna- Cyber bullying
15. Haily- Body Shaming towards Women 16. Jasmene- Gun Control
17. Noel- Phone usage in School 18. Busayo- Teenage Pregnancy
19. Kaialani- Illegal Abortion 20. Allison- Teenage Suicide Rate
21. Mikela- Mexican immigration to US 22. Constance- Physically abusive relationships
23. Abigail- Death of Ocean ecosystems
Week 36: Finish Regional College Essays and Start Problem Solution
5/13- Day 159: Discussion of Regional Colleges- 30 second speech about what you liked/ disliked about your College of Choice. Be sure to provide SPECIFICS.
5/14- Day 160: GLOW Post assessment/ Study Day
5/15- Day 161: Begin Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project Research
1. Brainstorm Problems in Our School, Community, and World
2. Brainstorm Solutions
Problem Solution Speech Cards/ Prework
Helpful Website for prompts/ Ideas 18 Interesting Problem Solution Essay Topics Top 50 Problem Solution Essays You'll Love
You will have Thursday,Friday , Monday and Tuesday to Create Your Slide and work on your presentation of your 5 minute thesis for your problem solution project.
***You will have NO LONGER than 5 Minutes*** Presentations will Start Wednesday 5/22
**Your presentations will be graded based on How well you present the problem as well as how thoughtful your proposed solutions are*
5/16- Day 162: Day 1 of Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project
5/17- Day 163: Day 2 of Problem Solution 5 Minute Thesis Project
Problem Solution 5 minute Thesis Topics
DanNaijah- Lack of college Readiness Mikela- Mexican Immigration to the United States
Saira- Lack of Sportsmanship Maggie- Texting and Driving for Teens Jasmene- Gun Control
Busayo- Teenage Pregnancy Constance- Physically Abusive relationships (Towards Women)
Arieanna- School Shootings Allison- Teenage Suicide Rate Chayse- Homelessness in the United States
Maria- Homelessness in Hagerstown Selime- Lack of rule enforcement at SHHS Sadia- Proper discipline of young children
Noel- Phone Usage Brandon- Gang Violence in Baltimore Kaialani- Pro-Choice
Satiera- Fighting in School Kymberley- neglect in nursing homes
Celeste- Single Use Plastic Consumption Haily- Body Shaming toward women Ayanna- Cyberbullying
Abigail-
Erin- Too much screen time for children
Week 35: Finishing Regional College Essays
Blog Post #15: What is the last you did/ experienced that was really worth remembering? Due 5/19
5/6- Day 154: Easy day due to AP Government test
5/7- Day 155: Regional College Essay Day 6
5/8- Day 156: Regional College Essay Day 7
5/9- Day 157: Regional College Essay Day 8
5/10- Day 158: Regional College Essay Day 9- essay due at 11:59
Week 34: AP Review and Regional College Essays
4/29- Day 149: Regional College Essay Day 3
4/30- Day 150: Day to Study for AP Government Exam AP Government Quizlet Review
5/1- Day 151: Day to Study for AP Government Exam AP Government Review Channel
5/2- Day 152: Regional College Essay Day 4
5/3- Day 153: Regional College Essay Day 5
Week 33: Regional College Essay
Blog # 14: Imagine you are talking to a struggling 8th grader, write your own Rudy/ Yockel Rant Due 5/5
4/23- Day 145: Start Regional College Essay / NEW CSG DUE/ OLD CSG DUE
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
4/24- Day 146: Collaborative Study Groups
4/25- Day 147: Collaborative Study Groups
4/26- Day 148: Regional College Essay Day 2
*** You will have exactly 9 Days to work on your Regional College Essay in class***
Week 32: Finish Habits, Bring on Spring Break!
4/15- Day 141: Finish Reading from Day 140 New CSG Due and OLD CSG DUE
4/16- Day 142:Collaborative Study Groups (Mr Rudy Absent because of AVID 8th Grade Interviews)
4/17- Day 143: Discuss Blog #13 With Padlet/ Collaborative Study Groups
4/18- Day 144: Socratic Seminar on Habit formation
You must do three things to prep for the Socratic seminar below.
1.Write your name
2.Cite a specific part of the text that you are referencing (Use your notes to find a topic you are interested in)
3. Ask a question that DIRECTLY Relates to the Text in part 2.
Create Your 5 Rules of Successful Habits- Create a Plan of implementation to fix Bad habits/ Improve Good Habits/ Develop a Habit Tracker for your plan
Week 31: Habits
4/8- Day 136: Motivational Speech on Habits /Discussion of Good and Bad Habits/ Introduce Habits- 1% Better Everyday NEW CSG DUE
4/9- Day 137: GLOW- Personal Finance Habits
4/10- Day 138: Collaborative Study Groups
4/11- Day 139: Collaborative Study Groups
4/12- Day 140: Start Habits Reading - DO NOT Read Pages 69-79, 152, 205, 229-233 and 251-253/ Homework- Begin Tracking your identified best and worst habits- As you Read keep a running list of all the Tips James Clear gives on Habit formation/ building better habits.
Week 30: Book Ending Stress
Blog #13: Revisit your Top Ten Statements to live by from Blog #11. Explain HOW you actually live by those statements. Provide specific examples to back up your claims. Due 4/14
4/1- Day 133: Last Day to Work on Dealing with Stress Mini Book- Mini Book due by the end of the period / OLD CSG DUE
4/2- Day 134: Socratic Seminar on Dealing with Stress - Using your Notes and Chapter 4 of "The Upside of Stress"- Engage you must specifically reference the text to have an intelligent conversation about the perspective of Stress and Stress Management
You must do three things to prep for the Socratic seminar below.
1.Write your name
2.Cite a specific part of the text that you are referencing (Use your notes to find a topic you are interested in)
3. Ask a question that DIRECTLY Relates to the Text in part 2.
4/3- Day 135: Finish Stress Rant Google Doc from day 124- In a new Color give your partner more advice on how to handle the stresses that they have. Once your partner is finished add at the BOTTOM of the document a reflection about your current stress level and how you plan to manage the "Upside" of that stress
4/4- Day 136: Organization Self Evaluation on Google Classroom
Week 29: Dealing with Stress Continued
3/25- Day 128: continue reading and notes from Day 127 3/22- OLD CSG/ NEW CSG Due
3/26- Day 129: Finish Reading Chapter 4 Engage and notes/ research dealing with Stress Techniques Dealing with Stress Mini Book
3/27- Day 130: Collaborative Study Groups
3/28- Day 131: Collaborative Study Groups
3/29- Day 132: Day to Continue work on Dealing with Stress Mini Book
Week 28: Stresses and Competition
Blog Post #12- Do you Agree or Disagree with this Statement- "Do or Do Not. There is no Try.- Yoda" Due 3/31
Example Picture 1 Example Picture 2
3/18-Day 123: Wrap up Last of Argumentative Essay Defenses/ Introduce AVID II Success Pyramid Competition / NEW CSG DUE & OLD CSG and Reflection Due
3/19- Day 124: Stress introduction/Google Doc Stress "Rant"
1. You will have 30 minutes to type about whatever you are stressed about. IT should be a Rant. It should be a way to get the majority of those things off your chest. Please Type in Separate paragraphs based on the topic that you are stressed on.
2. Pick a partner from your team that you are comfortable sharing with. Share the Doc With them.
3. On your PARTNERS Google Doc (The one they shared with you) Type in a different color your suggestions for dealing with that stress. Be as helpful as possible- this is designed to measure what you know about coping with stress now.
4. Share out the suggestions your partners gave you.
3/20- Day 125: Collaborative Study Groups
3/21- Day 126: Collaborative Study Groups
3/22- Day 127: Watch and Take notes on TED Talk on Stress and Dealing with Stress/ Begin reading Chapter 4 of "The Upside of Stress"- Engage- as you read take notes by writing a one sentence summary of each paragraph.
Week 27: Finish Defenses
3/11- Day 118: Argumentative Defenses Day 4 NEW CSG/ OLD CSG Reflection Due
3/12- Day 119: Read "What do Employers Really Want?" and Watch TED Talk- Why You will Fail to have a Great Career and write a reflections on the steps to be successful in your intended career/ Rudy ABSENT for College Visit
3/13- Day 120: Collaborative Study Groups
3/14- Day 121: Collaborative Study Groups
3/15- Day 122: Hopefully finish Argumentative Defenses Day 5
Week 26: Defenses and College Fairs
Blog #11: Write Your Top 10 Statements to live by. Rank them from Most important to least important. Due 3/17
Rudy's top 10 Statements to live by
3/4- Day 113: NHHS College Fair - Be by the security desk after 2nd period
3/5- Day 114: Argumentative Defenses Day 1/ NEW CSG DUE
1. Erin 7. Saira 13.Abigail 19. Kymberley
2. Mikela 8. Celeste 14.Aaliyah 20. Chayse
3. Maria 9. Brandon 15. Arieanna 21. Constance
4. Ayanna 10. Dan'Naijah 16. Sadia 22. Haily
5. Noel 11. Maggie 17. Busayo 23. Kaialani
6. Jasmene 12. Satiera 18. Allison 24. Selime
3/6- Day 115: Argumentative Defenses before lunch/ Collaborative Study Groups
3/7- Day 116: Argumentative Defenses before lunch/Collaborative Study Groups
3/8- Day 117: Argumentative Defenses Day 4
Week 25: Finishing up!
2/25- Day 108: Argumentative Essay Day 9
2/26- Day 109: Argumentative Essay Day 10- Must submit a rough draft on Google Classroom by 11:59 with an Alias for Peer Editing- All late submissions will be a 15/30
For citation Help you can use Citation Maker or Easy Bib
2/27- Day 110: Collaborative Study Groups
2/28- Day 111: Peer Editing Argumentative Essays- Final Draft Due Sunday night 3/3 at 11:59 on Google Classroom
3/1- Day 112: Preview NHHS College Fair / Discuss point of Field Trip/ study Day
Week 24: Essays and Studying
2/19- Day 105: NEW CSG DUE/ Argumentative Essay Day 7
2/20- It Snowed some, so no school today.
2/21- Day 106: Argumentative Essay Day 8 (If you are not writing by now you should be concerned)
2/22- Day 107: Collaborative Study Groups
Week 23: Essays and Scholarship Scams
2/11- Ice Day thing #1
2/12- Ice day thing #2
2/13- Day 102: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
2/14- Day 103: Argumentative Essay Day 5
2/15- Day 104: Argumentative Essay Day 6
Week 22: Colleges, Costs and PSATs
2/4- Day 97: 1. Intro: How Much does College Cost? (on White Board)
2.Stories from Mentors about College Debt
-WHY THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY!
3.Review College Costs for Local Schools
4.Examine the Pros and Cons of each School on White boards
5.Research your Top Two schools for cost using CNN's How Much will that College Really Cost? and College Boards find Your Future Page
2/5- Day 98: Financial Aid 101 GLOW PPT - Overview of Financial Aid Process / 7.25 Myths about FASFA
2/6- Day 99: PSAT Analysis with Mr Yockel- PRE PSAT Analysis - find 3 Schools that you are interested in and find the SAT Writing and Reading and Math Score Ranges for those schools/ PSAT Score analysis / PSAT PPT Instructions
2/7- Day 100: Argumentative Essay Research Day 4
2/8- Day 101: GLOW- Scholarship Basics - Student response packet/ Reflection
Work due 2/8 in this order- Local College Costs Packet + Financial Aid Glow Packet + GPA/PSAT analysis(extra Credit 5 points) + Scholarship Basics
Week 21: Argumentative Essay
No Blogs during Argumentative Essay
1/28-Day 92: WICOR Evaluation / Get organized for Semester 2
1/29-Day 93: Goal Setting and Reflecting from Semester 1 and Semester 2
1/30- Day 94: 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
1/31- Day 95: Research Day #2-Note Taking and Planning for Argumentative Essay
2/1- Day 96: Research Day #3- Begin organizing information- Color code and Begin Outline Process- Example Outline
Week 20: End of Marking Period 2
1/22-Day 88: Take 3 Pages of Notes on
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
5. What Do Happy Teens Do?
1/23-Day 89: Day to Study for AP Government Test
1/24- Day 90: Introduction Statement on- Does Social Media Ruin Friendships? / Final Day to Prep for Silent Debate
1/25- Day 91:Silent Debate- Does Social Media Ruin Friendships
Week 19: Friendships and Social Media
Blog Post #10: Reflect on "The difference between successful people and failures is the amount of time they spend outside of their comfort zone." Watch "How Your Comfort Zone can Ruin You" /Comfort zone Picture / "Where the Magic Happens" / The 2% Mindset / Due 1/27
1/14- Day 83:Student Led discussion on Time Management:
1/15- Day 84: Intro to Friendship with 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 friends with task cards follow up with an analysis of your friends / CSG Reflection and NEW CSG Due
1/16- Day 85: Reading "Chapter 16- Stop Hanging out with Turkeys and Start Soaring with the Eagles" & Adam Grant TED Talk: Are you a giver or a Taker? /Begin prep for Socratic Seminar on Friendship and Social Media
1/17- Day 86: Collaborative Study Groups
1/18- Day 87:Collaborative Study Groups
Week 18: Time Management and Silent Debate
1/7- Day 78: Discussion of Peak Performance- Stress Yourself and Minimalist to Minimalist/ NEW CSG DUE
Your choice of (Pick Two)
How to Build Self Discipline Thomas Frank
How to ACTUALLY stop wasting Time on the Internet Thomas Frank
5 ways to Build Focus and Concentration Thomas Frank
“I Don’t Feel like It…” Is a mindset for Amateurs Thomas Frank
1/8- Day 79: Tie up Lose ends from 1/7
Submit 3 Discussion Questions to Google Classroom for 1/11- Late Questions will receive no credit
1/9- Day 80 Collaborative Study Groups
1/10- Day 81: Collaborative Study Groups
1/11- Day 82: Have Good Notes/ Time Management Work Due (Time Log + Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator notes + Peak Performance Notes + two sheets of notes from Day 78)
Week 17: Welcome Back from Winter Break-Time Management
Blog Post #9- Reflect on blog posts, 2, 5 and 7. Are you living up to your Words? You must quote Yourself in your post. Due 1/13
1/2- Day 75: Intro- How Much Time do you waste a Day? Time Management Questionnaire Time Log - Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator Cornell Notes
1/3- Day 76: Focus and Concentration Thomas Frank- Cornell Notes / Sketch Note sub Topics of "Peak Performance" By Steve Magness
1/4- Day 77: chapter 3 "Stress Yourself" and Chapter 7 "Minimalist to be a Maximalist" For Educational Purposes only- Please don't Sue me!
Week 16: More Interviews
12/17- Day 70: Academic Time/ Day 4 of Interviews
12/18- Day 71: Academic Time/ Day 5 of Interviews
12/19- Day 72: Academic Time/ Additional Blog Assignment- Watch "Why the Best Hire Might Not be the Perfect Resume" and Response to prompt on Google Classroom- When was the last time you experienced Failure? How did you respond to it? Would you define yourself as resilient? Why does being resilient matter to being successful? How Does this TED talk Apply to your Story/ Resume?
12/20- Day 73: Academic Time/ 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
12/21- Day 74: Academic Time/ Comparison on the differences between High School and College/ High School vs College Reflection
Week 15: Interviews
Blog #8- React to this picture Due 12/23
12/10- Day 65: Academic Time/ Day 2 of Interviews New CSG and Reflection due
12/11- Day 66: Academic Time/ Blog 7 Bowl Discussion Activity /Day 3 of Interviews
12/12- Day 67: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/13- Day 68: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/14- Day 69: Academic Time/GLOW- Budgeting 102 Student Packet
Week 14: Finish Resumes & Interviews
12/3- Day 60: Academic Time/ Majority of Class on Visit to Shepherd/ Bowie State University
12/4- Day 61: Academic Time/ Peer Edit Resumes/ Prep for Interviews / Interview Feedback from Class / Reflection and NEW CSG due
12/5- Day 62: Academic Time/ Time Management Assessment /Start Mock College Interviews
12/6- Day 63: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
12/7- Day 64: Academic Time/ Rudy Absent- Collaborative Study Groups
Interview Order
1. Edinam 7. Maria 13. Abigail 19. Aaliyah 25. Haily
2. DanNaijah 8. Saira 14. Sadia 20. Allison 26. Satiera
3. Sequoya 9. Celeste 15. Busayo 21. Noel 27. Mikela
4. Arieanna 10. Maggie 16. Kaialani 22. Constance
5. Destiny 11. Chayse 17. Brandon 23. Selime
6. Erin 12. Ayanna 18. Kymberley 24. Jasmene
Week 13: Start Resume Questions
Blog #7- Reflect on the Quote "Success is not owned, It is leased and rent is due Everyday"- JJ Watt Due 12/9
11/26- Day 55: Academic Time/ Resume Project - Sample Resume, Resume Tips PPT , High School Activities Sheet - New CSG Due
11/27- Day 56: Academic Time/ Grade your peers Blog #6- Submit a paragraph explaining why you gave it the grade you did/Day to Work on Resume Project
11/28- Day 57: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/29- Day 58: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/30- Day 59: Academic Time/ Have Good Focus Notes/SHHS AVID Cornell Note taking Rubric/Finalize Resumes- Hopefully in Media Center
Week 12: Thanksgiving
11/19- Day 53: Academic Time/ Judging of College Entrance Essays- Who would get in?/ Discussion of what made these essays great/ Discussion of Blog #5
11/20- Day 54: Academic Time/ College and Academic Password
11/21- Professional Day- No School for Students
11/22- Thanksgiving- Run a Turkey Trot!
11/23- Black Friday- don't fall for it and waste money
Week 11: Finish Essays and Getting our AVID on
Blog #6: Selection option 1 or 2- If you used one of these for your application essay you must select the other one
1. Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why?
2. What is the best advice you ever received? Why? and Did you follow it? Due 11/25
11/12- Day 48: Academic time/ Peer Editing 2 College Entrance Essays- USE Aliases for to keep names anonymous / NEW CSG Due
11/13- Day 49: Academic time/ Day to finish College Entrance Essay
11/14- Day 50: Academic time & Collect peer editing scores/ Collaborative Study Groups/ final College Entrance Essay Due on Google Classroom at 11:59
11/15- Day 51: Academic time/ Snow Day in November?
11/16- Day 52: Academic time/ Collaborative Study Groups
Week 10: College Application Essay Project and election Day
11/5- Day 44: Academic Time/ Outlining and Drafting of College Entrance Essay/ CSG Reflection due
11/6- No School election Day
11/7- Day 45: Academic Time/ Drafting of College Entrance Essay
11/8- Day 46: Academic Time/ Drafting of College Entrance Essay
11/9- Day 47: Academic Time/ MP 1 Report Card Reflection/ Time to Finish College Essays- Due at 11:59 on Google Classroom (rough Draft)
1. What were your best grades? Why did you excel in those classes? What is different about those compared to the classes you struggle with?
2. What was your worst class? What contributed to this grade? How do you plan to fix that this marking period?
3. What do your teacher comments say about you? How did you react to the highlighted comments? How will you fix them?
Week 9: College Application Essay Project and Mentoring
Blog Post #5- Reflect on the Guru Story - Due 11/11
10/29- Day 39: New CSG and Reflection Due/ Academic Time/ Choose a positive quality you'd like to convey to an admission committee. A strength that makes you a positive addition to any group
Complete this sentence "I am a very_____________ person"
20 Minute story- "Tell a story about an experience or time when you showed you were a very ______________person"
Share out and Relate to College Application Essay and importance of college Application Essays with College Green Light
10/30- Day 40: Group Wide AVID meeting and Motivational Speaker- Eat on First lunch in Rudys room
10/31- Day 41: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/1- Day 42: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
11/2- Day 43: Academic Time/ Start College Application Essay Project - WHOLE PROCESS- All day on Prewriting
Week 8: Finish Study Skills and Credit
10/22- Day 34: Academic Time- Credit 301 - Credit Card research
10/23- Day 35: Academic Time/ Discussion of Study Skills and Planning in Teams/ CSG Due
10/24- Day 36: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/25- Day 37: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/26- Day 38: Revisit Goals From 9/12/ College 101 lecture / Discussion on Blog #4
Week 7: Credit and Study Skills
Blog #4: Select one Option. Your Blog Must start one of these ways. It is Your Job to Finish it in 500 words
1. School is...
2. Challenge is...
3. Opportunity is... Due 10/28
10/15-Day 30: Credit 101 Student Packet Credit Presentation
10/16-Day 31: Credit 201 Student Packet 201 Presentation
10/17-Day 32: EOS Survey
Paper Ball fight- 1 Do you know HOW to Study? 2 How well do you Actually Study? Discussion
Studying for Exams Crash Course
The Most Powerful Way to Remember what you Study- Thomas Frank
8 Habits of Highly Successful Students
Watch and Take Cornell Notes on Videos Independently
Develop Three High Quality questions about how these topics can be applied to AVID and High School Success.
10/18-Day 33:Tie up Loose ends of Study Skills Unit/ Exploration based on Needs
Test Anxiety Thomas Frank
10 Ways to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes on Exams Thomas Frank
How to Take Notes Faster Thomas Frank
How to Study Effectively with Flashcards Thomas Frank
Sketch Noting + Cornell Notes
Based off Latest Tips develop your own top ten habits of how you can improve your studying. Develop a Plan to keep up with this plan- WE WILL REVISIT IT IN A MONTH OR SO.
Week 6: PSAT and Study Skills
10/8- Day 25: 1. Revise Notes from Crash Course Planning and Organization- In another Color pen add in way that you can APPLY our AVID strategies to his main ideas! (12 minutes)
(15 Minutes)- Time to Organize Binders and Agendas based on AVID II MUST HAVES
Apply his suggestions to AVID WAY. Set up Binder and Agenda
-Binder Checklist
-Binder Evaluation
-Agenda Checklist
Time to organize Agendas and Binders using check lists!
Partner Task- Mark the Text: AVID Transfer goals -
Discussion: Post on Padlet- Where are you now? where do you want to be by the end of the year? Where do you NEED to be to be ready for college? (Be Honest)
10/9- Day 26: Academic time/ : 6 Habits of Successful Ivy League Students Reading
How to get more Work Done in Less time Reading
Take Cornell Notes on Readings
Develop Three High Quality Questions about How these habits/ Tips can be applied to AVID and High School Success
10/10-Day 27: PSAT Day/ CSG DUE
10/11- Day 28: Academic time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/12- Day 29: Collaborative Study Groups
Week 5: Meet the Mentor and Getting Organized
Blog Post #3: Now that you have created your Autobiography, Give you Life so far a title and justify that title. In addition Describe the 3 most important events in your life so far that have made you "you" Due Date 10/14
10/1- Day 20: Finish Autobiographies/ Meet the GLOW Mentor
10/2- Day 21: Academic Time/ Time to Share/ Discuss Blog Post #2 on Padlet/ Agenda/ Planner Justification
10/3- Day 22: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/4- Day 23: Academic Time/ Collaborative Study Groups
10/5- Day 24: Quick write: On a Scale of 1 to 10 how well do you plan and organize your life? Justify your Answer
Take Cornell Notes
Planning and Organization Crash Course- How do our AVID Strategies Apply to his suggestions?
Reflection- How is my current Organization and planning? What areas can I improve on and How can I keep up the HABIT of good organization and planning?
Week 4: Life Stories and Collaborative Study Groups
9/24- Day 15: As much time as you use well to work on Autobiographies/ Presentations- 5 minutes per person
9/25- Day 16: GLOW Pre-Assessment/ Create First CSG in class- Discuss good components- Share Examples
9/26- Day 17: Academic Time/ Present Autobiographies- 5 minutes per person
9/27- Day 18: Academic Time/ First CSG in class- 2- 3 Groups to Portable 2 with Mr Yockel
9/28- Day 19: Finish Autobiographies/ time to Complete Blogs if left over
Week 3: Problems at South and Autobiographies
Blog Post #2: Watch this Speech then reflect on the Quote- "Tough Times Don't Last, Tough People do."- Due 9/30
9/17- Day 10: Discuss What can be done to Improve South Hagerstown High School / Discuss Critical Thinking/ Attempt to to develop solutions for these problems/ Relate back to TRF's and CSG's- Present
9/18- Day 11: Academic Time/ Start Autobiography assignment- Share Mr Rudy's Life Story
***This assignment will be altered due to the size of our class***
1. You will have a Day to type your autobiography based on the requirements
2. You will find a partner and that partner will ask 10 to 15 questions at the bottom of the Google Doc for you to clarify
3. You will answer those questions for them
4. You will then have 5 minutes to present in front of the class explaining YOUR PARTNERS life story
As a class will we grade how well each person did
9/19- Day 12: Academic Time/ Autobiography Assignment
9/20- Day 13: Academic Time/ Autobiography Assignment
9/21-Day 14: Submit Academic Time Grades/ Start Autobiography presentations or finish writing depending on how your work ethic is- 5 Minutes per pair
Week 2: Personalities and Cornell Notes
9/10- Day 5: Take the Enneagram Personality Test/ Write a Blog Post about your results. What did you learn about yourself? What does it show you about your strengths? What about your weaknesses? How can you use this information to better yourself?
Help interpreting results More Analysis of results
9/11- Day 6: Cornell Notes: 10 Words that Pop into your head Warm up/ Revisit Forgetting Curve / Real Life Examples Discussion/ How Sharp is your memory? /What do Top Students do Differently?- TED Talk -Notes/ Importance of Note Taking - THE CORNELL WAY / Revise by Highlighting and Marking up your notes
9/12- Day 7: Join Google Classroom- 19u81t/ 1 Month Goals - 3 Month Goals /Review Cornell WAY/ Quit Social Media- TED Talk/ Create Classroom Norms/ Revise by Reflecting on the topic and Using Blue and Red Pens
9/13- Day 8: Academic Time/ TED Talk: Why our Screens Make us less happy Notes/ Set up Blogs/ Revise by Sketch Noting the Main Ideas
9/14- Day 9: Note Taking Quiz (How well did you buy into the Note taking and Cornell Way Process)- Time to Work on Blog Post
Week 1: Welcome Back!
Blog: What were your goals at the End of Freshmen Year? What did you do over the Summer to worked towards them? If you did nothing, what do you regret? Due 9/16
9/4- Day 1: Welcome Back/ Expectations/ Syllabus / Stand and Summer Story/ Advice from Last Years AVID Class / This or That
9/5- Day 2: Two Truths and a Lie Ice Breaker/ Debrief first 3 days of school/ What Students Really need to hear /AVID II Contract -Due by 9/11
9/6- Day 3: Mr Rudy Absent- Watch "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" / Write a reflection on the type of leaders you are around and what you can do to be a better leader/ Catch up on Work for other classes/ Submit Work
9/7- Day 4: Mr Rudy Absent- Grab a Partner- Choose two articles that you are interested in-
1. Independently take focused notes on both articles
2. Swap notes and add in a different color for your partners notes
3. Write a reflection on how these topics impact your life
4. Prepare a 1 minute speech on what you would tell a middle schooler about these topics Submit Work
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