Socratic seminar on Tuesday next week on LGBTQ rights.  We'll check in first on what you gathered from the pro/con article and 30 Days episode, and then we'll begin academic discussions.

 

Please bring your annotated article and questions.

Final Draft of College Major Essay due Thursday.  I will do my best to grade them over Memorial Day weekend :)

 

I've attached handouts used for peer editing in class today.

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

 

 

Thank you letters due for Mr. Carlson and Mr. Levin.  Here are the addresses again if you need them:

 

Mr. Carlson:

Ventura County Sheriff Office

 

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.  You may use your notes from Mr. Carlson's presentation toward your set of 3.

 

 

 

 

Signed field trip for AVID Reads at Farragut due Thursday

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

 

Thursdays's tutorial is canceled due to CAASPP testing and AVID Reads....yay!

5 paragraph essay on a college major due on Tuesday.  You paragraph should explain what the major consists of and how it will prepare students for the future.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.  You may use your notes from Mr. Levin's presentation toward your set of 3.

 

 

 

 

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

 

Thursdays's tutorial is canceled due to CAASPP testing....yay!

Googledoc Cornell Notes on a College Major of you choice.  Be sure to take plenty of notes, create questions that can be answered by your notes, complete the summary, and show evidence of re-visiting (different colored fonts, underlining, etc)

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

 

 

 

 

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

 

You may use guest speaker notes  towards your 3 sets.

 

 

TRF due Thursday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

Thank you letters for Olga Simon and Marlene Morales due on Thursday night.  Please see slides 4 and 5 of the attached powerpoint for directions on format and addresses.

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

 

You may use guest speaker notes  towards your 3 sets.

 

Students who have evidence of parent attendance at College Night will be excused from this week's notes :)

Socratic Seminar Monday on Immigration Reform/Border Security Policies.  Please be prepared to ask and answer questions and cite evidence from the texts in support of your answers.

 

2 articles with supporting annotations, questions, and answers will be collected after the socratic seminar.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

 

You may use guest speaker notes  towards your 3 sets.

Thank you letters for Dr. Johnson and Laurel Szeto due Thursday.  Please write in Business Letter format.  See attached powerpoint slides for business letter format and mailing addresses

TRF due Thursday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

Binder Check on Thursday.  Please bring well organized AVID binders to class today.  Thank you!

Field Trip Slips due for AVID Reads walk to Farragut Elementary.

TRF due Tuesday.  Push yourself to make your POC a higher level question.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

 

You may use your notes from Ms. Lobitz's presentation as one of your 3 notes.

UCLA Field trip this Thursday.  Box lunch will be provided by the university.  Please meet at the front of the school at 8:10am.

 

U-C-L-A- fight!  Fight!  Fight!

TRF due Tuesday.

 

No TRF due Thursday this week....UCLA Field Trip....yay!

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

TRF due Thursday.

TRF due Tuesday.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

Field Trip Slips due Monday:

 

4 for UCLA: Teacher sign off; photo consent; activity consent; school form

1 Knott's Form

 

TRF due Thursday.

3 Sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Please show evidence of revisiting -- highlighting in different colors, drawing notes in a different color, etc.

Binder Check on Monday.  Please bring well organized AVID binders to class today.  Thank you!

TRF due Thursday.

AVID Pitch to 6th Grade classes on Thursday and Friday.  Be prepared to share why AVID is a great program with the sixth grade social studies you have been assigned to.

TRF Due Tuesday.  You may use the TRF from last Thursday if it is still meaningful to your weekly learning.

3 sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Make them fancy and filled with high level questions!!!

 

You may use your Cornell Notes from Ms. Villafranca's presentation as one of your 3 notes.

 

Socratic Seminar on Monday.  You will be graded on your ability to discuss college affordability and to cite evidence from the two articles we annotated in class.

 

Text annotations and prep questions due Monday.

Thank you letter for our guest speaker due on Thursday this week.  

 

No TRFs due this week.  We will instead be working on socratic seminar prep for our class discussions on college affordability.

College Penant Banner due Monday.  Your banner should be fully decorated on one side and have 5-10 relevant facts about your university that you learned from your college research.

3 sets of Cornell Notes due Monday.  Make them fancy and filled with high level questions!!!

Binder check on Monday.  Please come with well-organized and fully stocked binders!

USC Field Trip.  Please go directly to the front of school after 2nd period.  Yay!!

TRF due Tuesday

College Research Cornell Notes due Tuesday (you will have most of class on Monday for research time).

Choose one college (2 back up) to research.  Answer 21 questions about the college using Cornell Notes.

3 sets of Cornell Notes due on Monday (your college research notes count as one set, so technically 2 sets of CNs due on Monday).  Have a great weekend!

USC Field Trip Permission Slips due on Thursday (both parent release and periods 4 & 6 release).  Field trip is February 1st from 9:55am-2:20pm.

Completed TRF due Tuesday at the START of class.

3 sets of completed cornell notes due Monday.

Binder check Monday -- come organized with all-star binders!!!

TRF due beginning of class Thursday

Thursday's Classwork: Me, Personally Reflection

Reflection on your strengths and interests to be completed prior to our college research project.

3 sets of Cornell Notes due on Wednesday.