AVID 11

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AVID 11

• ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE

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GRADING SCALE

• BINDERS 25
• TUTORIALS 25
• PARTICIPATION 25
• EXPECTATIONS 25

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BINDERS

• 3-RING / 3½ BINDER
• DIVIDERS WITH LABELS FOR EACH ACADEMIC SUBJECT
  AVID
• PENCIL CASE 2 PENS 2 PENCILS HIGHLIGHTER
• HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SHEETS FOR EACH SUBJECT
• CORNELL NOTES AND LEARNING LOGS ENDORSED AND
  DATED FOR EACH CLASS

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BINDERS (CONT)

• HANDOUTS AND RETURNED WORK FOR EACH CLASS
• EXTRA THEME PAPER
• ALL PAPERS ATTACHED TO RINGS

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TUTORIALS

• TUTORIAL SHEET FILLED OUT BEFORE SESSION
• LEVEL 2 3 QUESTIONS ONLY
• NOTES FROM TUTORIALS
• TUTORS GRADE FOR SESSION
• ADDITIONAL TUTORING INDICATED ON LOG SHEET (AT
  LEAST ONE A WEEK)

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PARTICIPATION

• ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN ALL CLASSROOM WORK
• ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ON AVID ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE
  THE CLASSROOM

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EXPECTATIONS

• ATTENDANCE
• WORK ETHIC
• GOOD CITIZENSHIP
• GRADES REFLECTIVE OF AVID STUDENTS
• POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVID

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S-L-A-N-T

• SIT UP STRAIGHT / NEAR THE FRONT
• LEAN FORWARD
• ASK QUESTIONS
• NOD YOUR HEAD
• TAKE NOTES TALK TO THE TEACHER

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WIC-R

• WRITING
• INQUIRY
• COLLABORATION
• READING

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WRITING

• CAUSE-EFFECT ANALYSIS
• COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
• CONTOVERSIAL ISSUE ANALYSIS
• ANALYSIS OF A THEME IN LITERATURE, ART OR MUSIC

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INQUIRY

• COSTAS 3 LEVELS OF THINKING
• CORNELL NOTES
• TUTORIALS
• SOCRATIC SEMINARS
• TEST PREPARATION

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COLLABORATION

• TUTORIALS
• SOCRATIC SEMINARS
• GROUP PROJECTS

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READING

• TOPICAL ARTICLES ESSAYS
• CURRENT EVENTS
• ONE FICTIONAL WORK
• ONE NON-FICTION WORK

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COLLEGE PREPARATION

• CONSIDERING COLLEGE CHOICES
• EXPLORING COLLEGE FINANCE
• SAT / ACT PREP
• PSAT
• SAT / ACT
• OVERNIGHT COLLEGE VISIT

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AVID ELECTIVE SECTION

• EXPECTION SHEET
• TUTORIAL LOG
• ADVIDOR LOGS
• BINDER GRADE SHEETS
• TUTORIAL SHEETS
• HANDOUTS

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ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE

• REMEMBER YOUR GOALS
• SHORT TERM
• LONG TERM
• EVERYTHING COUNTS
• STAY ON TOP OF ALL YOUR WORK
• MAINTAIN / ESTABLISH GOOD HABITS
• SEEK HELP / OFFER HELP

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SUCCESSFUL BEGINNINGS

• PRIORITIZE
• MAKE GOOD FRIENDS
• MAKE GOOD CHOICES

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• KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE