What will my life be like in the career cluster I've chosen? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Wednesday, 8 April

Happy Wednesday AVID Team!
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Homework: Field Trip Forms Due Tomorrow!
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Big Idea: Change
Essential Question: What will my life be like in the career cluster I've chosen?
Objectives: I can...
...practice using MLA format for citations.
...relate careers in my cluster to each other.
...describe specific careers in my cluster.
...identify and clarify my points of confusion.
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1) Warm Up: Add your ideas! (5 min during attendance)

1. Make sure your TRF is complete.
2. Add your ideas to the front board! "Our career clusters fair will be awesome if..."

**Move to your Career Clusters room**

2) Literacy Block: Cite it Right Competition! (10 min)

1. With your group, have one computer on.
2. When I say "start", go to the link here and answer the questions.
3. Show me your final score.
4. The winning  team gets pride, glory, and maybe something else... :)

3) Time to Work: Career Clusters Posters (Until 2:25)

1. Review your research list, roles, and promotable/fireable actions.
2. Then, look at today's to do list:
1. Create a graphic organizer showing how 10 careers are related in your cluster.
2. Then, choose 5 to elaborate on and start your research and writing for this. Consider doing this in a table.
3. Make your graph:
1. What is changing in your career? Consider: How many women are in this career? Has the salary changed drastically? 
2. Find a graph that shows this information.
3. Create a Google doc called, "Career Cluster Name - Graph" (ex: Arts - Graph).
4. Add your graph.
5. Put the URL where the graph is from and a caption explaining what the graph shows and the graph's importance underneath the graph.
6. Share this with the teacher whose room you are in for printing.
3. Next work day: 30 min on Friday!

4) Success Workshop: Tutorial Time!

1. Choose where to go for tutorials.
1. Ms. Cheatham: Math 2, AFM, Civics and Economics
2. Ms. Nickel: Biology, Geology, English
3. Mrs. Testa: Math 3, Stats
2. Select a moderator.
3. Give thirty second speeches.
4. Ask each other guiding questions to clarify the presenter's point of confusion.
5. Complete your reflection.

5) Exit Ticket: At 2:59 return your TRF and 3 column notes to your AVID teacher!