1. Monday

2. Warm-Up
Put these items in the following order and PAPERCLIP them together and put it in the class basket:
Grading Rubric Half Sheet
Life Goal Shield
Shield Essay Rough Draft
Peer Editing Form
Final Draft
***Put last weeks warm-up in the basket***
(we did not do the acrostic)
Get out your Cornell Notes from Friday

3. Welcome to 9th Grade AVID
Assignments Due:
FINAL Shield Essay DUE TODAY, August 11th
Monday
Aug 4, 2014
Today’s Agenda:
Warm-up
Turn in Shield Essay Project
Write Questions and Summary for Mr. Rother’s presentation
Thank you letters to Mr. Rother
Essential Question:
What skills do I need to be successful in college?
Objective:
I will draft a letter of appreciation to guest speakers.

4. Cornell Notes A – apply your thinking
Get out your Cornell Notes on Mr. Rother’s presentation
Use your notes to write your Questions on the left side of your paper. There should be one question for each idea you took notes about
R – Reflect on learning
Write your summary
Add a summary to your notes. Answer the essential question as your topic sentence and turn each “chunk” of information into supporting sentences

5. Personal Letter Format
Date Dear Mr. Rother, Paragraph 1 – Introduction – who you are, why you are in AVID Paragraph 2 – what you learned from his presentation – give specific details Paragraph 3 – give thanks and share how you plan to apply what you learned Closing, Signature

6. Tuesday

7. Write the 3 things that Mr. Rother said that stuck with you the most.
Warm-Up
Write the 3 things that Mr. Rother said that stuck with you the most.

8. Welcome to 9th Grade AVID
Assignments Due:
Next Binder Check – Thursday, August 21st, then EVERY Thursday after that!!!!
Tuesday
Aug 12, 2014
Today’s Agenda:
Warm-up
Binders
Portfolios
Essential Question:
How do I stay organized?
Objective:
I will refine organization and neatness of a binder through ongoing course support, peer discussion, personal reflection, and goal setting

9. Binders
Replace the old Binder Grade form with a new one and fill in the top together
Go over the form and get a pre-binder check checklist
Get a AVID class table of contents form
Make sure you have everything that should be in the AVID section of your binder

10. Portfolios
Pass out papers to go in sheet protectors

11. Thursday

12. Warm-Up
Write down 2 things that you learned about yourself through the process of creating the life shield and writing the shield essay

13. Welcome to 9th Grade AVID
Assignments Due:
AVID Student information Sheet WITH photo – DUE FRIDAY – AUG. 15
Binder check WITH Mentor DUE NEXT FRIDAY, AUG. 22
Thursday
Aug 14, 2014
Today’s Agenda:
Warm-up
Portfolios
Discuss/review binders
Goal Setting Activity
Take Cornell Notes as you watch an AVID tutorial video
Essential Question:
How do I actively participate in a tutorial?
Objective:
I will understand the steps of the tutorial process.

14. Portfolios Get your portfolio and sheet protectors out
You will be given pages to put in your Portfolio sheet protectors

15. Binder Checks Missing forms
Binder checks will be done with your mentor next week and must be completed by NEXT Friday, August 22nd
Friday – I will check FOR A GRADE, your student info sheet WITH A PHOTO ATTACHED!!! You will get your Mentor teacher’s name

16. Goals I need 5 volunteers
Bring a piece of paper, and pen or pencil, and your binder or something to write on
Write down your observations; what you notice

17. Goals
At your tables, share what you wrote down about what you noticed about how well the students were able to reach the garbage can.

18. Goals
How does that exercise relate to race car driving or tilling a field or rowing a boat to a distant island?

19. Goals Short term – less than 6 months Mid-term – 1to 2 years
Long-term – 3-5 years

20. On your same scratch paper from before, brainstorm… 2 or 3 short term
Goals
On your same scratch paper from before, brainstorm…
2 or 3 short term
2 or 3 mid-term, AND
2 or 3 long-term ACADEMIC goals

21. GPA
Goal
Plan
Action
Write 1 short term GPA
Write 1 mid-term GPA

22. College Road Map
One of your AVID long-term goals is to attend a four year university
Goal and plan is already filled out
Fill in at LEAST 6 Action Steps to follow your plan and achieve your goal

23. GPA’s and College Road Map
File it in your Portfolio

24. Friday

25. Warm-Up What do you hope to get out of having an AVID mentor teacher?
What will YOU do to take responsibility for meeting once a month and maintaining the relationship?

26. Welcome to 9th Grade AVID
Assignments Due:
AVID Student Info sheet WITH photo DUE TODAY
Binder check and meeting with MENTOR due by FRIDAY, August 22nd
Monday
Aug 4, 2014
Today’s Agenda:
Warm-up
Collect/check AVID student info forms
AVID Pictionary!!
End of the week acrostic
Essential Question:
How do I present information logically?
Objective:
I will communicate through drawings to get my classmates to recognize AVID terms.

27. End of the Week Review
Turn into the basket on your way out!