1. AVID 12 Ms. Shope room 317 August 29, 2012 Quietly read over “LOST AT SEA” activity (in group folders) Circle or highlight key words. Be ready to briefly explain what the activity entails.

2. Students will work with their team to make decisions about a survival senario, consider how jobs are changing in the technology age and review the nuts and bolts of Cornell notes. Essential Question: How are jobs changing in the 21 st C and how does this impact what is important in education? Why is it important to learn good note taking skills? How might your focus on education affect your “job survival” chances?

3. announcements September 13– Back to School Night tutorial– NEXT WEDNESDAY! BINDER CHECK-- AVID BINDER Friday, Sept 7!

4. binder check Reminder- bring your AVID binder to EVERY class USE IT don’t just bring it out for “special occasions” (as in “for binder check day”) GRADE YOURSELF– defend your grade to a classmate-- I’ll do random checks for accuracy! :

5. Survival Read handout silently. Your task as a group is to list the 15 items in order of importance for your survival. List the uses for each. You MUST come to agreement as a group. THINK– SILENTLY and INDEPENDENTLY- 10 minutes RECORD your choices in column 1 PAIR- GROUP– DISCUSS your choices; work together to AGREE on a collaborative list. Record your group rankings in the second column.

6. How do you compare to the “experts”? LISTEN carefully and record the EXPERT ranking in the third column. Complete columns 4 and 5. WOULD YOU SURVIVE? WOULD YOU DO BETTER ALONE OR WITH YOUR GROUP??

7. Shift Happens 6.0 Anticipation Guide: Answer the following questions on a piece of paper: 1)How many different jobs will most workers have by the age 38? 2)Which nation has the largest number of English speakers? 3)How many more words are in our language now compared to Shakespear’s day? 2x, 5x or 10x more?

8. Watch video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6- ueOorEAQw What are the implications of this video? How does it affect how you approach learning? How can you be best prepared to be successful?

9. CORNELL NOTES NEW FORM THIS YEAR. See handout 2.8– keep in binder 10 steps of the Cornell Way FIRST step to a good tutorial is taking good notes How is the new form different than the previous form?

10. Use an ESSENTIAL QUESTION from a standard or objective to GUIDE your note taking ORGANIZE your notes on the right-hand side of the page REVIEW and REVISE NOTES Note the key ideas to create questions. Exchange ideas by collaborating. LINK LEARNING by creating a synthesized summary. Use completed CN as a learning tool.

11. Cornell note practice 1) While reading Walter Pauk’s letter: a. Circle any key terms b. Underline any claims that he makes 2) REFLECT on prompt 1: what is Walter Pauk’s message about the importance of taking Cornell notes? What information in this letter is important for you to remember? 3) Re-read the 10 steps for CN and: a. Circle any key terms. b. Underline the main ideas. 4) What THREE key ideas will you make sure to incorporate when taking notes? PLEASE WRITE YOUR RESPONSES to #2 and #3 on a piece of notebook paper.

12. debrief What have you learned today? What was interesting? What steps do you need to take to improve your note taking skills? Why should you?