7th Grade - AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination
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Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
· Utilize technology to collaborate with classmates and community members (7.AP.C.6)
EQ: “How can I leverage creativity?”
Show your creativity by submitting an entry that represents you.
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
• Explore and experience extracurricular and community service activities within the school and community (7.SA.SE.1)
· Evaluate the impact of decisions on the environment (7.SA.SE.2)
Student Agency: Leadership of Others
· Pursue leadership opportunities across the school (7.SA.LO.2)
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
· Utilize technology to collaborate with classmates and community members (7.AP.C.6)
· Refine usage of non-verbal communication when speaking, including body language and eye contact (7.AP.C.7b)
EQ: “In what activities can I become involved in at my school?”
1. School Field Trip
You are representing AVID as we go throughout the building!
How should you greet adults?
· Practice your introduction skills when you meet someone.
2. School Involvement
Did you see any opportunities for school involvement?
This could even include ways to improve the environment on the campus (ex: areas needing painting, recycling bins, or general clean up)
Complete:
School Scavenger Hunt
Gallery Walk (ideas/names/dates/contacts/etc.).
Remote Learning Assignment for Tuesday: Organize your binder & Finish ALL missing assignments. Binder check on Wednesday!
Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Organization
• Refine usage of organizational tools (e.g. binders/eBinders, portfolios, or digital folders)
and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
• Utilize an organizational tool to record obligations and constraints on time (7.AP.O.2a)
EQ: “How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
Finish any missing assignments. Add the assignments to your PowerPoint.
Remember, we are using the PowerPoint as an online organizational tool.
All handouts should be in the rings, behind your AVID tab.
Make sure you hole punch and organize papers for ALL of your classes.
The binder is our organizational tool for all hard copies and supplies.
Remote Learning Assignment for Tuesday: Organize your binder & Finish ALL missing assignments. Binder check on Wednesday!
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
• Explore and experience extracurricular and community service activities within the school and community (7.SA.SE.1)
· Evaluate the impact of decisions on the environment (7.SA.SE.2)
Student Agency: Leadership of Others
· Pursue leadership opportunities across the school (7.SA.LO.2)
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
· Utilize technology to collaborate with classmates and community members (7.AP.C.6)
· Refine usage of non-verbal communication when speaking, including body language and eye contact (7.AP.C.7b)
EQ: “In what activities can I become involved in at my school?”
1. School Field Trip
You are representing AVID as we go throughout the building!
How should you greet adults?
· Practice your introduction skills when you meet someone.
2. School Involvement
Did you see any opportunities for school involvement?
This could even include ways to improve the environment on the campus (ex: areas needing painting, recycling bins, or general clean up)
Complete:
School Scavenger Hunt
Gallery Walk (ideas/names/dates/contacts/etc.).
Finish Presentation
Present 2 Slides
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
• Develop a support network, including peers and adults, for academic and future success (7.SA.SE.5)
· Explore how individual motivators and self-monitoring of motivation impact academic performance (7.SA.SE.6)
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
· Establish norms and expectations around respectful interactions among group members (7.AP.C.4)
Academic Preparedness: Organization
· Refine usage of organizational tools (e.g. binders/eBinders, portfolios, or digital folders) and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
EQ: “When I am absent, how can I be responsible for my missing work?”
1. Binder Check
Swap binders with a partner.
With a partner, perform a detailed binder check:
First and Last Name
7 Dividers
Name of Each Class on the Divider Tab
Loose Leaf Paper (10 -20 pages behind each tab)
Agenda (in front of dividers)
Pencil Pouch (in front of agenda)
Handouts in Rings (behind the appropriate tab)
2. Creation of a Social Contract
Our AVID classroom should be a safe place for each of you!
What are some important elements to have a safe and productive AVID class and AVID family?
3. Study Buddy Contract
Our goal is for all of us to be successful this year! We will support each other in many ways (tutorials, mutual accountability, etc.), and one way that we can support each other is by being “Study Buddies.”
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Opportunity Knowledge
· Increase familiarity with career terminology (7.OK.BCK.2)
· Distinguish between jobs, careers, and career fields
EQ: "What careers align with my interests?"
Hello AVID Scholars!
Today, I am attending an AVID Site Coordinator Professional Development. I hope you have enjoyed working on your Lights! Camera! Action! Assignment. Tomorrow, you will upload the video to your PowerPoint. I can't wait to see your creativity!
Last week you completed an assignment that matched your personality with different careers. For today's assignment you will take the O-Net Interest Profiler.
Assignment:
Go to mynextmove.org/explore/ip
2. You will be asked to answer questions about work activities that some people do on their jobs. Read each question carefully and decide how you would feel about doing each type of work.
3. Click on the 3 dots in the top right corner. Click on Print. Save as a PDF (Remember, this allows you to have a copy of the document).
4. Add two slides to your PowerPoint to highlight your results.
5. Cite your source by including the website link at the very bottom of both slides.
Remember to always make a good impression! I know that you will be on your best behavior. I hope you have a fantastic day!
Dr. Coleman
Create a video (Develop your script before recording)
2-3 minutes video
BE CREATIVE
Introduce yourself (Tell them why you are awesome: toot your own horn!)
Explain why you want to go to college
What will it mean to you?
What will you be able to do?
Include any achievements received
Extracurricular activities (involvement)
****IF YOU HAVE FUN MAKING IT - WE WILL HAVE FUN WATCHING ***
Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Organization
• Refine usage of organizational tools (e.g. binders/eBinders, portfolios, or digital folders)
and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
• Utilize an organizational tool to record obligations and constraints on time (7.AP.O.2a)
EQ: “How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
Review: The required way to save and share the document.
Review Slides 1-7
Provide Additional time for Slide Completion
*Turn in Syllabus*
Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Organization
• Refine usage of organizational tools (e.g. binders/eBinders, portfolios, or digital folders)
and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
• Utilize an organizational tool to record obligations and constraints on time (7.AP.O.2a)
EQ: “How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
"Blind" Kahoot
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Opportunity Knowledge
· Increase familiarity with career terminology (7.OK.BCK.2)
· Distinguish between jobs, careers, and career fields
EQ: "What careers align with my personality?"
Assignment:
Let's explore careers based on personalities! Go to the following website:
https://tinyurl.com/AVID0818
https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-careers
The results will give you an idea of some careers you may be interested in now. However, your interests may change over time. The results are meant for you to explore possible pathways. It is NOT meant to be a definite match for you.
2. Click on the 3 dots in the top right corner. Select Print, then save as a PDF. (This will allow you to have a copy of the document).
3. Add 2 slides to your PowerPoint to document your results.
First Slide - (Name it based on your results) You're an ________________________. Please provide additional details.
Next Slide - Careers to Explore: Include the name of some of the possible careers, along with the average earnings, and projected growth.
4. Save your document (remember it should be your period, first name, and last initial) Example: 1jernayac (your period and name - not mine).
Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Organization
Refine usage of organizational tools and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
Utilize an organizational tool to record obligations and constraints on time (7.AP.O.2a)
EQ: “How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
Start Student PowerPoint (Select a background that you like)
Slide 1: Title Page (Include your picture, name, "Class of ____", AVID, and teacher)
Slide 2: What I want people to say about me! (Type reference letter that you wrote)
Slide 3: About me
Save Document: (use the period, first name, last initial) Example: 1jernayac
Share with: colemanj6@fultonschools.org
Turn In Signed Syllabus
Standards and Essential Question:
Academic Preparedness: Organization
Refine usage of organizational tools and systems that support academic success (7.AP.O.1a)
Utilize an organizational tool to record obligations and constraints on time (7.AP.O.2a)
EQ: “How do AVID students keep all of their materials organized?”
Binder Build / Organization
Syllabus Review
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Opportunity Knowledge
· Increase familiarity with career terminology (7.OK.BCK.2)
· Distinguish between jobs, careers, and career fields
EQ: "What are common career themes in different sectors?"
In groups, students will be given large sheets of paper. Students will write as many jobs and careers that identify topic (written on the paper).
Students will identify the career themes identified on each paper.
Write down one thing you learned today in your agenda. (On today's date)
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Opportunity Knowledge
· Increase familiarity with career terminology (7.OK.BCK.2)
· Distinguish between jobs, careers, and career fields
EQ: "How did education impact your career pathway?"
In preparation for guest speakers that we will have throughout the course, what questions could you ask our special guest?
Form a list of potential questions.
Remember, even if you are not interested in the career, you may be interested in:
their educational pathway or college experience
factors that helped or hurt their progress
Write a reflective paragraph of what you learned in this class this week.
If you have not been doing so, please start writing one thing in your agenda each day that you learned. This will help you complete your assignment with ease.
Standards and Essential Question:
Student Agency: Student Empowerment
· Identify the characteristics of positive, healthy relationships
· Explore individual peer relationships and identify those that are positive and healthy
Academic Preparedness: Collaboration
· Develop a foundational familiarity and comfort with classmates
EQ: “How will AVID help me to turn my beliefs into realities?”
1. Would You Rather…?
· In AVID one of our first goals is getting to know each other’s names and personalities. One way we’ll do that is through mixer activities and games.
· “Would You Rather…?”
• …eat broccoli or carrots? • …watch television or listen to music? • …own a lizard or a snake? • …have a beach vacation or a mountain vacation? • …be an apple or a banana? • …be invisible or able to read minds? • …make headlines for saving somebody’s life or for winning the Nobel Prize? • …go without television or without fast food for the rest of your life? • …always be cold or always be hot? • …eliminate hunger and disease or be able to bring lasting world peace? • …see the future or change the past?
· Last question: “Would you rather be someone who believes in yourself and accomplishes your personal goals, or someone who doesn’t?”
· “As you go back to your seats, think about what you believe about yourself and your future.”
2. “I Believe”
· Video “People Like Me.”
· Write 5 “I Believe” statements about your future.
3. AVID Acronym
· On an index card
· In large letters, write “AVID” down the side of the card.
· Write each word of the acronym, and describe each word.
A
V
I
D
4. One thing I learned today:
In your school planner, write down one thing you learned today in class.