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AVID 9 th Grade Overview

AVID 9 th Grade Overview. Mr. Kahl’s Students. What are the goals of AVID?. That each one of you will be graduated from a university by June of 2018. That each one of you is accepted for admission to a university by June of 2014.

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AVID 9 th Grade Overview

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  1. AVID 9th Grade Overview Mr. Kahl’s Students

  2. What are the goals of AVID? • That each one of you will be graduated from a university by June of 2018. • That each one of you is accepted for admission to a university by June of 2014. • That each one of you takes as many Advanced Placement and Honors courses as you can reasonably handle. • That each of you selects a career that reflects your talents and interests.

  3. How will AVID prepare you? • Focused note-taking skills on reading • Leadership training • Community building • Focusing on hard work over “smartness” • Goal setting skills • Time management skills • Advanced note-taking skills for classes • Advanced tutorial skills • Advanced binder organization skills

  4. What we do on Mondays… • Curriculum in writing, inquiry, reading, collaboration, and self-regulation skills mentioned earlier.

  5. What we do on Tuesdays… • Students come to class with tutorial sheets filled out. • Tutors collect tutorial sheets at door for admission to class. • Students engage in advanced tutorial. • Students evaluate the tutorial.

  6. What we do on Thursday blocks… • The first half of the period is curriculum. • The second half is tutorial. • On some Thursdays, we visit universities all day.

  7. What we do on Fridays… • We learn the AVID curriculum in the first half of the period. • We engage in binder checks, notes checks, and agenda planner checks with tutors during the second half. • Bring all of your binders to class every Friday. • Sometimes we have guest speakers instead.

  8. How will you earn a grade? • Leadership on Campus 5% • Tutorial Quality 15% • Notes and notes revision quality 15% • Individual Determination 10% • Final Exam 5% • Agenda Planner Quality 10% • Binder Organization Quality 15% • College Awareness 10% • Community Service (ten hours) 5% • Participation Quality 10%

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