1. TRF/Tutorial Expectations
AVID 10
January 12th 2017

2. Daily Writing & Reading from dosomething.org
Please respond to the prompt below. Once you have finished, please read your silent reading material.
“Dropout rates of 16 to 24-years-old students who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes.”
Write level 2 and level 3 questions about this statistic. Create thoughtful and insightful questions.

3. TRF Pre-Work Grading/Expectations Revisited
Initial/Original Question
Must include the “source, page #, and problem #”
This is a question that comes from your notes, homework, quizzes/tests that you are struggling with.
Write this question word for word from your source.
1 point
Key Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary that is relevant and appropriate to the topic.
The definition should be clear and thorough.
2 points

4. TRF Pre-Work Grading/Expectations Revisited
What I Know
Do not repeat information from your key vocabulary!
There should be a variety of what you know. In other words, it shouldn’t only be information that was given in the initial question.
You should pull from your notes, previous knowledge, etc.
2 points
Critical Thinking
This is the actual work you are doing to understand the problem.
You can show your mathematical work, create a t-chart to compare and contrast using information from your notes, create a venn diagram, provide a variety of examples, etc.
Need to show where your POC is occurring
3 points

5. TRF Pre-Work Grading/Expectations Revisited
Identify General Process and Steps
These are the generalized steps that describe what you are doing in the critical thinking section.
These are steps that anyone can follow and is almost like a solutions manual.
2 points
Question from Point of Confusion
This question needs to be a Level 2 or Level 3 question.
If you figure out your POC while you were completing it. Please indicate that you solved it, and then create a Level 3 question extending the topic.
Do NOT repeat the Initial Question. This needs to be more specific.

6. TRF Reflection Grading/Expectations
My Point of Confusion
Restate your point of confusion.
1 point
What I learned
Describe specifically the content related concept that you learned
Your “aha!” moment.
I gained a new/greater understanding
What triggered your “aha!” moment. Be specific.
2 points

7. TRF Reflection Grading/Expectations
Connects to Previous Learning
Be content specific with the connect. Does it relate to another section, idea, or concept?
2 points
What I found meaningful
This needs to be content specific. It could also relate to a specific WICOR strategy.
1 point

8. Astute
His clothes seem less a personal pursuit of perfection and more of an astute understanding of brand management.
The Look That Defined Fashion Week
Robin Givhan
September 15, 2011

9. Extraneous
He is not conscious of closing his mind to extraneous knowledge.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)
Henry Osborn Taylor

10. Vindicate
It was not enough to vindicate the innocent; the guilty must be exposed and punished.
Freaks of Fortune
Oliver Optic

11. Articulate
It was five days later that he came fully to his senses, was able to articulate, and to frame intelligent sentences.
The Flag
Homer Greene

12. Candor
Much perplexity in the marriage state often arises from want of candor.
Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness
Arthur Martine