How can positive expectations impact your life? (Day 2) Daily Plans: Thursday, 12 March

Happy Thursday AVID Team!
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Homework: 

1. Share your Statement of Purpose ASAP!
2. Check PowerSchool for any missing work and DO IT!

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Big Idea: Power
Essential Question: How can positive expectations impact your life?
Objectives: I can...
...define the term "digital tattoo".
...sketch or describe your digital tattoo.
...write higher order thinking questions about power, choices, and goals.
...contribute to a socratic seminar.
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1) Warm Up: Power Review (5 min)

1. Skim through the blog.
2. Add to the list on the board of activities, writings, and articles we have looked at during the Power Unit.

2) Take 15 to Polish  (15 min)

1. Make final revisions to your statement of purpose and share it with me.
2. Already done? Work on revising your notes and organizing your binder.
1. Revise your notes!
1. Take out your notes for the class you struggle with most. 
2. Highlight key terms, add HOT questions, and write summaries.
2. Organize yourself!
1. Make sure your binder and TOCs are set up correctly.

3) Literacy Block: Digital Tattoo (20 min)

1. Before you watch: 
1. Set up a note sheet for today. Call it "Powerful Choices".
2. Jot down what college admissions officers will learn about you from what you have on social media.
3. Respond: Are you proud or not?
2. While you watch:
1. Watch the video below. You can have the transcript open if you like.
2. Add your responses to the double entry journal.
3. After you watch:
1. Sketch or describe your digital tattoo. 

3) Time to Work: Socratic Seminar/My Statement of Purpose 

1. Not done with your Statement of Purpose? Finish that!
2. On your note sheet, write three questions you would like to discuss relating to power. (10 min)
1. One of these should make a connection between activities or readings we have done in this unit.
2. One of these should make a connection to your life or future.
3. One of these should make a broader, global connection.
3. Then, we'll review the Socratic seminar sheet and begin the seminar. Remember to:
1. Step up, Step back
2. Assume Positive Intent
3. Connect to what we've done in class
4. Stick to the point!

5) Exit Ticket: Highlight from the week

How can a structured series of questions help me solve my point-of-confusion? Daily Plans: Wednesday, 12 March

Happy Tutorial Wednesday AVID Team!!!

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Homework: 

1. Binder and Notes Check TOMORROW!
2. Revise your Statement of Purpose.

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Big Idea: Structure

Essential Question: How can a structured series of questions help me solve my point-of-confusion?

Objectives: I can...

...identify a point-of-confusion.

...peer evaluate a Statement of Purpose and make revisions.

...formulate guiding questions to help my classmates.

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1) Warm Up: Tutorial Request Form (10 min)

1. Pick a class you are struggling with now.
2. Identify a tricky question that a teacher has asked you to answer or solve.
3. Figure out your point-of-confusion using your TRF.

2) Writer's Workshop: Peer Evaluation (12 min partner, 10 min to revise)

1. Open your Statement of Purpose.
2. Get with your partner.
3. Tell your partner what you would like them to look at specifically, for example:
1. Do my transitions move the reader smoothly from paragraph to paragraph?
2. Do my topic sentences introduce the rest of the paragraph?
4. Read each other's papers and fill out the card like the one on the board (plus, delta, individual feedback, is a grammar check needed?).
5. Decide if overall (write this in three sentences on your card):  If an admissions counselor, recruitment officer, or an employer were to read their Statement of Purpose would they:
   -Have a sense of who the author is?
   -See the author as a confident person capable of pursuing great things?
   -Want have this student as a part of his or her team?
6. Return each other's work.
7. Ask for clarification.
8. Revise!
9. Share a completed copy with me by AVID tomorrow!

3) Tutorial Time! (from 2:15-2:59)

1. Go to the correct location:
1. Ms. Cheatham: AFM, Math 2, Civics and Economics
2. Mrs. Testa: Math 3, Stats
3. Ms. Nickel: Biology, Geology, English
2. In your Tutorial Groups:
1. Decide on a moderator who will make sure everyone gives a 30 second speech and that classmates ask questions.
2. Give a thirty second speech, help your classmates, fill in your three column notes.
3. After the Tutorial:
1. Fill out three questions that helped you, two questions you asked, one summary of what you learned.

4) Exit Ticket: Return your TRF, 3 column notes, and reflection to me!

How can positive expectations impact your life? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Monday, 9 March

Happy Monday AVID Team!
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Homework: Make sure you have a complete draft of your statement of purpose BY WEDNESDAY!
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Big Idea: Power
Essential Question: How can positive expectations impact your life?
Objectives: I can...
...add to your positivity file.
...evaluate the importance of positive expectations.
...elaborate on your personal statement.
...revise and organize your work.
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1) Warm Up: Positivity File (5 min)

1. Open up your positivity file from last week.
2. Add one quote that inspires you.
3. Add one image or video that inspires you.

2) Literacy Block: The Pygmalion Effect (30 min)

1. Number your paper 1-18.
2. Take this quiz about self sabotage. Do this silently. Use context clues to figure out confusing terms. Write you answers in your notebook.
3. Watch the video clip and read the excerpt from the play "Pygmalion".
1. HIGGINS. You let her alone, mother. Let her speak for herself. You will jolly soon see whether she has an idea that I haven't put into her head or a word that I haven't put into her mouth. I tell you I have created this thing out of the squashed cabbage leaves of Covent Garden; and now she pretends to play the fine lady with me.
4. Read the selection below from "How to use the "Pygmalion" Effect".
1. 
   In the story told by the Roman poet Ovid, Pygmalion is a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has created. George Bernard Shaw borrowed the theme for his play Pygmalion — later turned into the musical My Fair Lady — in which Professor Henry Higgins makes over the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, becoming besotted with her even as he teaches her how to speak proper English (“The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain… “).
   Psychologists, too, have picked up the motif, researching what they call the “Pygmalion effect”. The finding, as social psychologist Robert Rosenthal puts it, is “that what one person expects of another can come to serve as a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
2. In your notes relate Pygmalion the myth, Pygmalion the play, and My Fair Lady.
5. Read "Pygmalion Leadership: The Power of Positive Expectations" and take notes on anything new to you, specifically the prompt below.
1. List places where the Pygmalion Effect can be seen.
2. Summarize the study done and it's findings.
6. So what? Corners game!

1. I understand the Pygmalion Effect.
2. I expect myself to do well.
3. I've had times when I told myself I could do something and then I did!
4. There has been a time when I thought I couldn't do something but a coach or family member told me I could and I did!
5. There has been a time when I thought I couldn't do something but a friend told me I could and I did!
6. There has been a time when I thought I couldn't do something and a teacher told me I could and I did!
7. My family expects me to be successful.
8. My teachers expect me to be successful.
9. Society expects me to be successful.
10. My expectations of myself are higher than other people's expectations of me.
11. My parents have higher expectations for me than I do for myself.
7. Note it! Whose expectations matter the most to you and why? Will these expectations help you or harm you?
1. Example: My teammates expectations matter to me a lot because the success of our soccer team depends on each person! Most of the time these expectations help me be a better soccer player, but sometimes my teammates are lazy or push too hard.

3) Time to Work: My Statement of Purpose (20 min)

1. Keep working on your Statement of Purpose. 
2. Before class on Wednesday you need to have a draft of each paragraph.

4) Success Workshop: (12 min)

1. Revise your notes!
1. Take out your notes for the class you struggle with most. 
2. Highlight key terms, add HOT questions, and write summaries.
2. Organize yourself!
1. Make sure your binder and TOCs are set up correctly.

5) Exit Ticket: Start the week SMART! (5 min)

1. Set a school SMART goal.
2. Write a personal SMART goal.
3. Post these on the door to evaluate on Friday.

Resources: http://www.bartleby.com/138/5.html

http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/gbshaw/bl-gbshaw-pyg-5.htm

Spring Break Reminders and ACA Tips!

Happy Spring Break AVID Team!

Here's what you need to be working on!

1. Check PowerSchools. If you don't have a grade for something, finish it!
2. Work on your work for ACA. This is due March 7th. 
1. Go to the ACA course in Blackboard, select "Lessons and Assignments" > "Lesson 5 - Time Management". 
1. Here you will find lots of time management resources and the SMART goal assignment that you need to complete and submit.
2. Here is a document that breaks the time management journal down. Copy it and use it!
3. Go to "Lessons and Homework" > "Lesson 6: Note-Taking". Skim through the different resources. Pay attention to the part called "Lesson 6: Note Taking" - it's a long-ish article.
4. Go to "Journals" > "Journal 3: Note taking". Use the document here to write your journal and then post it.
5. Complete the note-taking quiz in the "Lessons and Homework" > "Lesson 6: Note-Taking" folder.
3. Want to know more about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens? Check out the Prezi here:
4. Email me if you have questions or concerns!

What powerful, positive choices can I make? (Day 3) Daily Plans: Wednesday, 4 March

Happy Wednesday AVID Team!
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Homework: Work on your ACA work!
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Big Idea: Power
Essential Question: What powerful, positive choices can I make?
Objectives: I can...
...plan how I will afford college.
...create a blog.
...write my statement of purpose.
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1) Warm Up: Take 10 to Write (10 min)

1. Track how you've spent your time today for ACA.
2. Write either your ACA Time Management Journal OR work on your Statement of Purpose.

2) Literacy Block: How will you afford college? (20 min)

1. Before you read: 
1. Set up a note page for today. EQ: What powerful, positive choices can I make?
2. Note: Can you and your family afford college?
3. List: What can you do to make college more affordable?
2. As you partner read the article here, list:
1. the main idea/point/claim of the article
2. two pieces of evidence in the article
3. After you read: 
1. List three actions school's can take to help students get to college.
2. Write a point sentence convincing me that school's should take action.
3. Describe one choice you can make now to ensure that you'll get to college in the future.

3) Lesson Plan: My Personal Statement (30 min)

1. Copy the document above and rename it.
2. Read the whole assignment.
3. The final due date is next Friday.
4. Your second and third paragraph must be finished by tonight.
1. For paragraph three, you need to look up a professor at CCCC and your first choice university. Let me know if you need help!

4) Success Workshop: Notes, Binders, and Time Management!

1. Spring Break List
1. Check PowerSchools and list AVID work you need to share with me.
2. Put your slip out.
3. Some of you will be calling home today to tell your parents to remind you to do work.
2. ACA Work:

1. Copy the document here.
2. Work on filling in how you spent your time today so far.
3. Also work on your SMART goals document on Blackboard.
4. Also finish your quiz and journal on note taking.
5. This is due on 7 March.
3. Organize it all!
1. Organize your notes and binders. 
2. See me if you need help!
3. Revise your notes!

5) Exit Ticket: SMART Goals! (At 2:42)

1. Flip back in your notes to find your SMART goals for the week.
2. Evaluate your success in meeting your goals. 

What powerful, positive choices can I make? ACA DAY! Tuesday, 3 March

Happy ACA Day!
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Homework: 

1. Work on your ACA work!
2. Get your Spring Break Missing Work list signed. This will count as being in the Missing Work Room on a Family Day.

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Big Idea: Power
Essential Question: What powerful, positive choices can I make?
Objectives: I can...
...tell my story.
...manage my time.
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1) Time to Work:

1. Continue writing for My Personal Statement
1. The final due date is next Friday.
2. Your first paragraph must be finished by tonight.
2. ACA Work:
1. Copy the document here.
2. Work on filling in how you spent your time today so far.
3. This is due on 7 March.
4. Also work on your SMART goals document on Blackboard.
3. Organize it all!

1. Organize your notes and binders. 
2. See me if you need help!
3. Revise your notes!

What powerful, positive choices can I make? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Monday, 2 March

Happy Monday AVID Team! Welcome back!!!
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Homework: Work on your ACA work!
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Big Idea: Power
Essential Question: What powerful, positive choices can I make?
Objectives: I can...
...create a positivity file.
...contribute to a positive online environment.
...tell my story.
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1) Warm Up: Positivity File (10 min)

1. Create a folder, document, or pintrest board where you post things that help you stay positive.
2. Consider:
1. Pictures with friends
2. Cute animal pictures
3. A recipe to try
4. A video of your favorite song or sports team
5. The mascot for the college you want to go to
6. Quotes you find inspiring
3. For one of these things, send me an email telling me what you chose and why. This can be informal, but make sure you have a subject!

2) Literacy Block: The Power of Positivity

1. Set up a note sheet for today!
2. Think of the most powerful and lasting thing that someone has ever said to you.
1. Class poll: Was it positive or negative?
2. Summarize the crash course in brain science. We need to focus on the positive to make up for mental tigers!
3. So how does this relate to my actions and choices?
1. Before you read, participate in the class shout out: What types of things do you post to social media?
2. Read the article here.
3. After you read: 
1. What would you tweet if no one knew it was you tweeting? If every knew it was you tweeting? Choose one and write it on the fake twitter sheet!
2. Tweet one guideline you think teens should follow when using social media. Remember, you are making your digital tattoo!

3) Lesson Plan: My Personal Statement

1. Copy the document above and rename it.
2. Read the whole assignment.
3. The final due date is next Friday.
4. Your first paragraph must be finished by tonight.
5. Start writing!
6. Share your document with me!

4) Success Workshop: Notes, Binders, and Time Management!

1. ACA Work:

1. Copy the document here.
2. Work on filling in how you spent your time today so far.
3. This is due on 7 March.
4. Also work on your SMART goals document on Blackboard.
2. Organize it all!
1. Organize your notes and binders. 
2. See me if you need help!
3. Revise your notes!

5) Exit Ticket: SMART Goals!

1. Write a SMART goal for school this week.
2. Write a SMART goal for Spring Break!