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AVID 11

OCTober 25 - October 29

10/26

Decisions to Make About College

Make a copy of this doc and fill it out. Embed it into your ePortfolio in the College Planning page.

Barraza's ePortfolio


10/28

College Personality Quiz

Make a copy of this doc and follow the directions. You will be completing a quiz on a seperate website and answering the questions. Embed it into your ePortfolio in the College Planning page, under the list of 13 Priority Things about colleges.


Barraza's ePortfolio


OCTober 11 - October 15

10/12

Motivation and Stress Management

Turned in to orange basket

Article Link

Socratic Seminar Notes

10/13

Wellness Wednesday - tik tok

Journaling 101 - What is journaling?

Journal Idea Wall

10/14

Tutorial Prep with Focused Notes

Go to your ePortfolio and do the following on the class page that will be your focus today.

  1. Identify the missing assignments or low scores in the class.

  2. Do you have notes for this class? Would looking over your notes/resources given to you help you?

  3. List the obstacles/issues that are affecting your learning/grade in that class.

  4. Create a list of to-do's for you to do Friday and over the weekend.

OCTober 04 - October 07

10/04

Coalition Essay Brainstorming

Prompt: Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.

Barraza's example

10/07

Complete Coalition Essay

Due: Monday 10/11

Turn in through Google Classroom Here

September 27 - October 1

9/27

Self Perception Worksheet


Copy the format, complete it and publish it to your AVID page in your ePortfolio.

9/28

Tutorials Scoring Guide

9/29

School Cleanup

Log 1 hour in the community service logs

9/30

Watch a Tutorial in Action. Pick either the 10th or 12th grade tutorial to watch. You will need headphones. On a seperate piece of paper, create two columns:

Column 1: What I noticed

Column 2: What I learned from that


10th grade tutorial video

10th grade TRF

12th grade tutorial video

12th grade TRF

September 20 - September 24

9/20

Organize your Google Drive


  • trash all documents you do not need anymore
  • put all documents in a specified folder
  • have a plan for adding new documents throughout the school year

9/21

Coalition Application


A lot of colleges use this as their application. Personal Information (life circumstances) is important to check off all that apply to you.
create an account (use your school email)

9/22

The College Tour

Q: What can I learn from this documentary so that I can better apply myself in my goals?
Answer in your College Planning Page.

9/23

TRF Review

Review the New TRF layout and discuss different aspects of the TRF process:
Grab a copy of each of the following from the wall in the corner of the room:Blank TRFThink-a-loudGrading Rubric

9/17

Telephone Pictionary




September 13 - September 17

9/13


Organization 101: On the document, read tip #7 and watch the linked video. Click here to submit a plan on how you will "making time to plan".
College Crate: High School and Community Activities Record:Make a copy of this document and record all of the relevant criteria. Link it to your "Personal Accomplishments" page in your College Crate.

9/14


FNT Presentation5) Apply Your Notes: On a sticky note, give the presenter one glow and one grow.

9/15

College Crate: Finalize Your Top 10 Colleges

Use the linked college search website to finish your list of top 10 colleges/post-secondary choices in your "College Planning" page in your College Crate. Please do the following:
  • Link at least 2 websites for each school. These will be your reference sites to go back to and do more research.
  • Type their Location, Yearly Tuition, and Campus Size.
  • One pro and one con about this selection.


9/14


FNT Presentation5) Apply Your Notes: On a sticky note, give the presenter one glow and one grow.

9/17


Fishbowl Game

Finish College Crate: Top 10 Colleges

September 7 - September 10

9/7

sub day

9/8

  1. Organization 101: How will you use your planner/calendar in a way that helps you stay organized and on track in your classes/life?

Use the linked document to set up your planner/calendar.

9/9

  1. 1. In the "AVID Tutorial Process Overview" underline/highlight key pieces of information that are important to their steps.

  2. Click on the red button below to watch a video on the Tutorial Process Overview. Fill out your response to Question #1 on the handout you got from the substitute.

  3. Click both red buttons below to watch an example tutorial and see the TRF for reference. Fill out your response to Question #2 on the handout you got from the substitute.

Tutorial Process Overview

Example Tutorial

TRF PDF Example

9/10

Make sure everything from the AVID Task list is complete:

  • ePortfolio check #1 (submit published site link on GC here)

    • Homepage: My Why, Cultural Profile, plus everything from last year

    • Avid 11 page: FNotes Practice, Presentation from the FNote.

    • Other Class pages: Course goal

August 30 - September 2

8/30

  1. ePortfolio: Course Goals and Home Page

  2. Cultural Profile: What do I bring to the table?

8/31

  1. Review Focused Note Taking

  2. Apply what you know: Choose a video from the Ted- ed website or NewsELA

1) Taking Notes

2) Processing Notes

3) Connect Thinking (HW)

Wellness Wednesday

9/1

  1. WHY? We will watch this video as a class.

Write your why in your ePortfolio (Home Page)

  1. College Crate: What is the importance in keeping all of my college materials organized?

This will be a "Page" in your ePortfolio.

9/2

  1. Finish FNT Practice

4) Summarize and Reflect

5) Apply Your Notes

  1. College/Post-Secondary Glossary: What do all these terms mean?

Make your own copy of this document and add it to your AVID Folder in Good Drive.

August 25- August 27

11th Grade AVID Syllabus

8/25

  1. Organizational Survey

8/26

  1. ePortfolio: Home Page

  2. Classroom Expectations

8/27

  1. ePortfolio: Course Goals

  2. 100 Numbers: Group Task

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