AVID 6 (Period Per. 5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Christina Halloran
- Term
- 2016-2017 School Year
- Department
- Electives
- Description
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AVID stands for Advancement via Individual Determination and our mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.This homework site will provide access to assignments and upcoming events. Please be sure to sign up to receive regular updates and reminders. If you are absent, please check this site first for information. If there are issues (unreadable, missing) please contact me so I can correct the problem. Thank you for your time and I am looking forward to successful and productive year.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Here is the College Terminology we started in class. We will go over it as a group
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Students are filling in a weekly calendar with all the activities and responsibilities they have. This should not be done in advance but at the end of the day so they can reflect on how they spent their time.
The completed calendar is due Monday
We have started practicing Cornell Notes (Focused Note Taking) the paper is attached if students want to make copies. But "Cornell Paper" is not required, students can use regular notebook paper.
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Complete the calendar that was handed out in class, this is the plan for the upcoming week- I don't know- is not a plan and is not acceptable.
Finish Annotating the article on "How Higher Education Affects Lifetime Salary",we will grade them in class.
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Finish color coding the calendar you spent the last week filling in according to the key-
Green-School/HW
Purple-Eating
Blue-Free time
Red-Work
Yellow-Sleeping
Orange-Travel
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Fill in the calendar that was handed out in class completely. Be as accurate as you as possible.
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Finish filling in the calendar and bring colored pencils to color code it on Monday.
Binder Check #3-Clean out your binder and check off your homework.
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Here is the Cornell Notes paper if anyone wants to make a copy. It is NOT necessary to have this paper to take Cornell notes, any notebook paper will do.
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Next Binder Check Wednesday Jan.18. Use the trial binder check we did in class today to make any adjustments to improve your grade. Please come to class prepared.
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First Binder Check Monday-bring your binder, time tracker and composition book if you have one.
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Be sure to sign up for notices on this homework site.
Please return the class syllabus with a parent/guardian signature. An additional copy is attached.
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We are starting our reports on colleges. Please complete the terminology worksheet we started in class to be informed and ready for the next step.
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Finish reading and annotation the article "Some Retailers starting the holiday shopping..."
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Finish the calendar plan we started in class. Be sure to estimate time for each activity.
Time Management Packet should be completed up to Step 4. Do not do the reflection-we will go over it in class.
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Finish coloring and reflect on your Calendar. Bring to class we are still using the calendar.
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Finish filling in the Weekly Calendar with all your events, activities and daily routine. Read the article "Sleep Texting", do not begin highlighting or annotating, we will go over it in class.
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Binder Check every Monday. Continue to fill in the Calendar that should be complete by Monday.
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We will have our First Binder Check on Monday-50 points! Use the Binder Guidelines that was handed out last week to make sure you have everything.
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Finish reading and annotation the article-Issue Overview: How the U.S. elect it presidents. Write a 4-6 sentence summary for the article, following the Good Summaries guidelines we went over in class.
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The Time Management Plan is due Monday Oct. 3. Please mark if you needed to make any changes to the plan. The weekends should be filled in "What did you plan" for your free time?"
Work on annotating the Election Text, if you have questions get stamped for PAWS.We will go over it in class together.
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Finish the Time Management Chart on the week of planning, and begin to follow it. Make a note if there are any changes to the plan.
Table of Contents needs to be update and all assignments neat and complete.
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Title of Assignment or Handout |
Grade |
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8/29 |
Signed Syllabus |
5 |
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2 |
8/30 |
Warm Up #1 Expectations |
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3 |
8/30 or 31 |
Vocabulary Knowledge |
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4 |
9/1 |
I believe statement Quick Write |
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5 |
9/6 |
Binder Guidelines Sheet |
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6 |
9/15-16 |
GIST |
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7 |
9/8 |
Cornell Notes |
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8 |
9/15-16 |
Hungry Planet-Bhutan |
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9 |
9/12 |
Time Management Chart (colored) |
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10 |
9/22-23m |
Time Management Package-completed |
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Finish coloring in your Time Management Chart. If you did not finish prioritizing in the Time Management Package, complete Step 3 B. We will do Step 4 in class.
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The Time Management calendar that was passed out last Monday (9/12) is due. Please make sure you have filled in all the days.
Finish the summary of the Hungry Planet that we worked on in class.
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Here is the template for Cornell Notes if you want to print it out. These are not required to use but may be helpful in other classes for organizing your notes and review. We will also practice using regular lined paper.
Have a Great Weekend
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Please find attached the AVID Mission statement that goes with the handout you received in class. The goal is to cut the statement down to 20 words. First read, and highlight terms and words that you think are the most important. Then choose 20 to fill in the lines on the handout.
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Class syllabus is due back with parent signature. Don't forget to subscribe to the homework site for regular updates of assignments.
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Please find attached the class syllabus that was passed out on Thursday 8/25 and Friday 8/26. The copies handed out were blue.