AVID 9

Fall Semester

Week 1: 

• Welcome, Syllabus, Contract, and Icebreakers

• Hand out Planners & Ice-Breaker Activity

Week 2: 

• Insert Important Dates into Planners

• Study Buddies, Teacher Introductions

• Goal Setting Activities & Set Fall Goals

• Counselor Visit & Fun Friday

Week 3:

• Introduce AVID Council Positions & Senior Buddies Letters

• Introduce Collaborative Study Groups

• Introduce & Create Resumes 

• Introduce & Practice Focused Notes

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 4: 

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Discussion & Activity: What is a good student? 

• Freshman-Senior Buddy Luncheon

• Fun Friday

Week 5: 

• Create Family Quilt Squares

• Collaborative Study Groups

• AVID Council Candidate Speeches & Vote

• Fun Friday

Week 6:

• Present Family Quilt Squares

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Focused Note Check & Organization

• AVID Freshman Pinning Night

• Fun Friday

Week 7: 

• Discussion & Activity: What are qualities for success? 

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Create a Class Creed 

• Fun Friday

Week 8:

• Letter to My Future Self

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Begin College Vocab & Time Management Log 

• Fun Friday

Week 9: 

• College Vocab & Peer Drawing

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Focused Note Check-In & College Vocab Check-In #1

• Fun Friday

Week 10:

• Time Management Log Reflection

• Collaborative Study Groups

• College Vocab & GPA Calculation and Reflection

• Fun Friday 

Week 11: 

• College Vocab

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Organization Day

• Fun Friday & Halloween Movie Night

Week 12:

• Canned Food Drive Introduction

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Focused Note Check & College Vocab Check-In #2

• Fun Friday

Week 13:

• Mock Canned Food Drive Poster 

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Four Year Class Plan 

• Fun Friday

Week 14: 

• Create Canned Food Drive Posters

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Create Gratitude Cards

Thanksgiving Break!

Week 15: 

• Begin Canned Food Drive

• Post Canned Food Drive Posters & College Vocab

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Focused Note Check & College Vocab Check

• College Research Project Introduction

• Fun Friday

Week 16:

• Continue College Research Project

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

• End Canned Food Drive & Pick-Up

Week 17: 

• Final

Spring Semester

Week 1: 

• Welcome back!

• Goal Setting

• Discussion: Characteristics of Effective Leaders

• Begin "Selma" 

Week 2:

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Finish "Selma"

• Fun Friday

Week 3:

• Introduce Group Great Leader Project

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Continue Group Leader Project

• Fun Friday

Week 4: 

• College Vocab Check-In #3

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Continue Group Leader Project

• Fun Friday

Week 5:

• College Vocab & Final Project Work Day

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Great Leader Debates

Week 6:

• College Vocabulary

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Focused Note Check #1 & 30 Commonalities

• Fun Friday

Week 7: 

• Collaborative Study Groups

• PSAT Practice 

• Fun Friday

Week 8:

• Finish & Grade PSAT Practice

• Collaborative Study Groups

• PSAT 9

• Fun Friday

Week 9:

• College Vocab Check-In #4

• Collaborative Study Groups

• 45 Second Speeches

Week 10: 

• College Vocab

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Cost of Living Project: Intro & Housing

• Fun Friday

Week 11: 

• College Vocab

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Cost of Living Project: Transportation

• Fun Friday

Week 12:

• Focused Note Check #2 & Vocab Check-In #5

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Cost of Living Project: Clothing & Food

• Fun Friday

Week 13: 

• Vocab Check-In #6

• Cost of Living Project: Recreation & Final Totals

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 14: 

• Financial Savings Activity

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Spring Break

Week 15:

• Field Trip Information

• College Research: CSU Monterey Bay

• Collaborative Study Groups

• AVID 9 Field Trip

• Fun Friday

Week 16:

• Scholarship Activity Form 

• Letter to AVID Freshmen

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 17:

• Begin Final Project: Time Capsule

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 18:

• 60 Second Speeches

• Focused Note Check #3

• Continue Time Capsule

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 19:

• Continue Time Capsule

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 20:

• Finish Time Capsules

• Collaborative Study Groups

• Fun Friday

Week 21: 

• Final