Unit 1

Day 1 Tu (8/11) Welcome Avid!!! Review Syllabus

Day 2 W (8/12) Turn in HW

~Quickwrite: What do you want to become? What do you need to start doing to make it happen?What do you need to change stop doing?

~Distribute AVID contract

~Name Game

HW: AVID Contract

Day 3 Th (8/13) Turn in HW: Avid Contract

~Show Youtube video Windmills: Quickwrite accordingly to this video

" How can you symbolically assimilate William's story to that of AVID characteristics'? What did you find rewarding or inspiring from this story?

~Name Game Finish

~People Bingo

~Extra Credit Opportunity: Welcome back to school Parents, AVID Presentation in the PAC room @6-7pm 8/19 Wednesday

Day 4 F (8/14) Team Building

~Go out to grass play few games to get to know our classmates

Day 5 M (8/17)

Team Building " Watched Kung Fu Panda"

Day 6 T (8/18)

2 Million Minutes Film and Review

Cornell Notes in class

HW: Finish Summary/ and Questions

Day 7 W (8/19)

~Check off homework: Cornell Notes from 2 million minute film

~Name Game with Ball: Divide the class into two groups numbering off students 1,2. Students will toss the ball around as they call the name of the class mate they are throwing the ball to. Groups will compete who can do this the fastest without dropping the ball and calling students names accordingly

~Cornell note: film; Students will take notes on what are the importance of avid style notes.

~Quiz on the film next tuesday

~Vocabulary Powerpoint: Quiz on vocabulary on friday

Tonight 6-7PM pac avid PRESENTATION BRING YOUR PARENTS FOR 10 (pts) EXTRA CREDIT

Day 8 Th (8/20) Tutorial Practice

~Used notes from tutorial video

~Graphic organizer: Task in groups: Set a goal and how you can implement socratic seminar questions into groups. Differentiate notes in group from video. Explain what you discussed and are going to acheive next in your tutorial group.

Day 9 F (8/21-22) Binder Check

!3 notes from outside classes

~2 from Avid

~Watched video as graded the folders

Day 10 M (8/24) Article: Discussion of Community Service and how being involved is beneficial for students. Persuasive paper and annotations as a class. Paper will be written in class tomorrow

Day 11 Tu (8/25) Cornell Notes Quiz and Finish Paper with sub due at the end of class

Day 12 W (8/26)

Vocabulary quiz #1

Coat of Arms

~Pick 2 AVID Representitives for class

~Shirt sizes for AVID

Day 13 Th (8/27) Due: Coat of Arms

~Essential Question Powerpoint: What is the importance and purpose of an essential question

~ Handout that goes accordingly to power point

~Notes on power point and lecture

~Pratice exmples of how to make an essential question

**Discussion in tutorial group and make an essential question as a group based on the subjject/class that you as a whole are having the most trouble in.

Day 14 F (8-27) No School

Day 15 M (9/1): 10 steps to the AVID tutorial Process

~Grouped in 7:1 ratio annotate the assignment and graphic organizer

~ Fill out the main points of the 10 step AVID tutorial in notes column and fill out ACTION Plan, and Reflection on over all turtoial process

Day 16 T( 9/2): Tutorial (TRF) due @ the end of class

Day 17 W (9/3): Review and turn in the Mini tutorial 10 step process

~Remaining of class: Study Hall

Day 18 Th (9/4): Tutorials

Day 19 F (9/5): Binder Checks

~Motivational Friday: AVID Kodak Moment

~Kodak moment; due friday (Pics of group members fufilled from the 25 list of things need to have embedded with a power point slideshow or collage/ scrapbook)

Day 20: M (9/7): Labor Day weekend! No School

Day 21: T (9/8): Bomb Threat No school

Day 22: W (9/9): Study Hall and Grade Check : Students that are failing a class will need to fill and bring back to me for credit that they got parent and teacher signatures on how they will get their grade up.

Day 23: Th (9/10): Tutorials

Day 24: F (9/11): AVID notebook check: (5) notes=50 pts

~Motival Family Friday: Make a poster with their group members on an AVID Island. Requirements: #1-10 need to be displayed on their poster by the end of the class period. Groups will share their posters the last 10 minutes of class

Day 25: M: (9/14): Word of the day and then quiz of 9 words from previous week. Students will then watch an AVID clip of Socratic seminars. Take cornell notes during the video, and then students and teacher will discuss the breakdown of our socratic seminar, which will be on wednesday. *find group leaders (2) find pilots (4) and recorder (1). Hand out excerpt; "On Revenge," by Sir Francis Bacon. HW: Students will analyze the text and everyone wll need to make questions and notes in the margains ready to participate for Wednesday's socratic seminar.

Day 26: T (9/15): Sub *I will be at an MYP meeting. **Tutorial in class today

Day 27: W (9/16): 10 min. for reflections and then begin Socratic Seminar. Students should be prepared from monday (9/14) with their annotations for Sir Francis Bacon, "On Revenge."

Day 28:Th (9/17): Tutorials

Day 29: F (9/18): Notebook checks, grade check, complete Kodak moment and share the last of group presentations for, "AVID Island." Finish annotations of Sir Francis Bacon excerpt.

Day 30: M (9/21): Word of the day; Power point on PSAT Prep; AVID notes on power point

~Pass out graphic organizer: Why College

HW: trf

Day 31: T (9/22): Word of the day/TRF/Tutorials

Day 32: W (9/23): Finish graphic organizer of why college this will be the ticket out the door. If finished before class period, study hall

Day 33: Th (9/24): TRF due and Tutorial day

F: (9/25): Notebooks Due

M: 9/28: Go over Goals Paper: Power point of Shaping the Essay and (4) Genres of Prompts. Pass out Goals worksheet/ Outline for Prompt pass out and work on the Plan of Prompt

~Notes on powerpoints

T: 9/29: Tutorials

W: 9/30: WOD: Go over transitions worksheet and pass out paper for tips for successsful writing. Thesis powerpoint(2) Remaining of class practice on making your own thesis and finish Plan for the outline of the essay

Th: 10/1: Tutorials

F: 10/2: Notebook check and report to room 432. Drop off notebook and AVID presentation in room 432

M: 10/5: Go over shaping the essay pass out worksheet and pass out tranistions worksheet and begin working on paper. Goal: paragraph 2

T: 10/6: Tutorials

W: 10/7: Students will be working on their Life Goal paper all class period

Th: 10/8: Tutorials

F: 10/9: Notebook Check and Rough Draft shaping the essay (WOD) 2nd Grade Check

M: 10/12: Shaping the Essay: Life Goals Should have half of rough draft completed

T: 10/13: Media Center (Typing essay on school computer(MLA Format)

W: 10/14: PSAT Testing

Th: 10/15: Work on Shaping the essay and should have rough completed. Assignment due on turniton.com by 12am

F: 10/16: 'Team Building Activities' and Notebook Check (8) Cornell Notes and 5 WOD

M: 10/19: Quiz: (10) Words. Review prcoedures for Philosophical Chairs. We will also pick a topic for us to discuss as a class. Handouts of different topics to dicuss and review rules and guidelines. HW: Be prepared to discuss about the topic: Girls should be able to participate in full-contact sports with boys.

T: 10/20: Tutorials

W: 10/21: Philosophical Chairs: 1. Girl's should be able to play full contact sports with boys 2. Children/ Teens should be treated as adults for justice system.

Th: 10/22: Tutorials

F: 10/23: Notebook Check and Philosophical chari evaluation form and reflection

M: 10/26: (10) Tips for Picking a Career Path in College.

~Annotations and Group analysis of the article

T: 10/26: Tutorials

W:10/27: No Schoo, Planning Day

Th: 10/28: Tutorials

F:10/29: Notebook check

**Career Interest Survery and Article,"Does a college degree lead to good jobs and happiness ? or to debt and regret? Annotations/ and class discussion

M: 11/2: Ted Talk Youtube clip and Cornell notes, on the History of the universe, How to be successful and Motivation. Pass out Ted Talk graphic organizer due 11/4

T: 11/3: Tutorials

W: 11/4: Study Hall/ Grade Check and Ted Talk Graphic organizer

Th: 11/5: Tutorials

F: 11/6: Motivation Friday( Vocabulary word Game w partner up to (3) peers and game last 10 minutes of class w/vocabulary-Worksheet on youtube clip due/ Notebook Check

M: 11/9: *Tutorial Workshop, WOD, and Article on; Are people inherently Evil?

T: 11/10: WOD, Quickwrite, and Tutorials

W: 11/11: No School Veterans Day

Th: 11/12: WOD, Revisions and Tutorials

F: 11/13: Notebook Check

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