1. Do Now… in Composition Notebook
What are FIVE habits or tools you should know how to do and you feel are most important for you to succeed in school (whether that be High School or College).
In complete sentences why do you feel that that those FIVE things are most important?
Put those FIVE things in order of importance. Number being the most important.
Do NOT put Composition away.

2. AVID Announcements
Syllabus due today and learning logs. Must have materials by today. Planners will come in either tomorrow or Wednesday.
PSAT Testing: Monday, October 11th
FIU & Stetson  Sign up in Guidance
Teachers who are asking you to have a separate binder besides the AVID binder.

3. Activity: At your table
On ONE sheet of paper get together and discuss what 5 habits or tools you chose.
Make a list of order of importance with all those tools/habits.
We will discuss as a class.
Put all of your names on the sheet of paper.

4. Examples: Important Things to Know
How to effectively take notes
How to Study
How to Self-advocate
Test-taking Skills
Computer/Technology skills
Time Management
How to work in groups or independently
Organization
How to use planner/agendas

5. WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR?

6. Meticulous - adj.; Excessively careful, scrupulous
What we will work on this year…
Agendas
Writing (timed and formal)
Homework/Projects
There will be a focus on how we organize and make sure that we are prepared for all aspects of our academic, extracurricular, and personal lives

7. Urbane adj.; Notably polite or polished in manner
What we will work on this year…
We will work on the refinement of behavior in various situations. For example, how we behave with friends is different than class behavior, which is different from job interviews. In addition, we will pay a great deal of attention to expanding our vocabulary, as well as its use in our speaking and writing.
Collegiate Vocabulary
Presentation Skills
Interview Skills
Persuasive (Argumentative) Skills
Communication (Writing and Oral)
College Campus Etiquette

8. Sagacity noun; The quality of being keen in judgment
What we will work on this year…
Test-Taking Skills
Study Habits
Note-Taking
College Entrance Requirements
Reading Skills
Career Opportunities
SAT®/ACT® Test Preparation
Two of the biggest areas of focus this year are grades and success on standardized tests.

9. Edify - verb; Uplift What we will work on this year…
Team-Building
Appreciation
Community Service
Tutorials
Conflict Management
As always, a key to our time together is to ensure each other’s success and to build a family and sense of togetherness.

10. Muse Meticulous Urbane Sagacious Edify
verb; To become absorbed in thought
Meticulous
Urbane
Sagacious
Edify
What we will work on this year…
Goal-Setting
Summarizing and Reflecting
Updating Four-Year Plans
So our overall acronym is
So our overall acronym is “MUSE”. We will look back on experiences (successes and failures) to make better informed decisions about the future. One key focus for this year is an examination of our career choice.

11. Creating
Essential
Questions

12. Why Create Essential Questions?
To make the summarizing process easier.
To ensure that you properly understand the purpose of the day’s lesson.

13. What To Do If There Is No Essential Question
Be proactive:
Ask the teacher: “What is the one question that I should be able to answer after today’s lesson?”
Be friendly and non-confrontational.
Make sure it’s when they are not busy.
Convert the day’s Standard into a question.

14. Let’s Practice English RI-910.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

15. Let’s Practice Math N-RN.2
Rewrite expressions involving radicals and rational exponents using the properties of exponents.

16. Let’s Practice Biology
You are studying the photosynthesis process in Biology that day.

17. Let’s Practice
AVID
11-CD.A4 Identify potential academic challenges that may occur and seek proactive solutions with teachers