AVID Essential 5
Writing Curriculum
A strong, relevant writing and reading curriculum
provide a basis for instruction in the AVID
classroom.
E5P1 - Writing to Learn Activities
E5P2 - The Writing Process
E5P3 - Cornell Note-Taking
E5P4 - Learning Logs
E5P5 - Reading to Learn Strategies
AVID Essential 5
Evidence Sources
+ Use of the AVID writing curriculum
+ Classroom observations of teachers, tutors, and students
using WIC-R strategies
+ Student work samples of AVID assignments over extended
time
+ Cornell notes
+ Binders
+ Portfolios
+ Evidence of teacher/tutor collaboration
+ Lesson plans - especially AVID elective teacher, but not excluding
other teachers
+ Agendas/transcripts/evaluations of professional development
modeling WIC-R strategies
+ Written reflections of student learning (e.g. AVID Learning Logs)
+ Other (www.writingforexcellence.com, LiteracyTA)
Meets Certification
Standards
(Level 1)
Routine Use
(Level 2)
Institut ionalization
(Level 3)
Students in the AVID elective
class spend tim e each week
receiving instruction in
writing -to-lear n strategies and
using the AVI D writing
curriculu m.
Students in the AVID elective
class spend tim e receiving
instruction in writing -to-learn
activities, whic h are part of a
year long instructional plan ,
and use the writing -to-learn
activities in classes other tha n
AVID.
Students in the AVID elective
class spend tim e in writing -tolearn activities, which are part
of a vertically aligned
instructional plan, and us e the
writing -to-lear n activities in
all cor e academic subject
areas.
E5P1
Writing-to-Learn
Activities
www.writingforexcellence.com
Meets Certification
Standards
(Level 1)
Routine Use
(Level 2)
Institut ionalization
(Level 3)
Students in the AVID elective
class spend tim e receiving
instruction in the writing
process and participating in
timed writing.
Students in the AVID elective
class spend time each week
writing to cl arify and organiz e
experience s in essays, letters ,
and reports.
AVID students use writing to
create permanent documents
or records for review, study,
analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation.
E5P2
The
Writing Process
Meets Certification
Standards
(Level 1)
Routine Use
(Level 2)
Institut ionalization
(Level 3)
Cornell notes are a
weekly part of the
AVID classroom;
training is provided
on their use , and they
are part of each
AVID student's
AVID grade.
AVID students take and
use Cornell notes as part
of the AVI D elective
class and use them
weekly in classes other
than AVI D; all Cornell
notes are part of the
students' AVID grades.
AVID students take and use Cornell notes
and have integrated the develop ment of
effective note taking skills for und erstanding
rigorous content and p reparing for tests in all
core academic subject areas. They model
Cornell note taking for other students as a
school-wide strategy for assisting students to
access rigorous content.
E5P3
Cornell
Note-Taking
Meets Certification
Standards
(Level 1)
Routine Use
(Level 2)
Institut ionalization
(Level 3)
Individual student written
reflections o f their learning are
a weekly part of the AVI D
classroom and are part of each
AVID studentÕsgrade (e.g.
ŅAVI D learning logsÓ).
Written reflections and/or
learning logs ar e a weekly part
of the AVI D classroom, are
part of the AVID studentsÕ
grades, and are used in classes
other than AVID.
Written reflections and/or
learning logs ar e a weekly part
of the AVI D classroom, are
part of the AVID studentsÕ
grades, and are used in all cor e
academic subject areas.
E5P4
Learning Logs
Predict
Predict
Predict
Clarify
Clarify
Clarify
Summarize
Summarize
Summarize
Reread
Reread
Reread
Ask
Questions
Ask
AskQuestions
Questions
Visualize
Visualize
Visualize
Infer
Infer
Infer
Context
Clues
Context
ContextClues
Clues
Meets Certification
Standards
(Level 1)
Routine Use
(Level 2)
Institut ionalization
(Level 3)
Students in the AVID elective
class spend tim e each week
receiving instruction in
reading -to-lear n strategies to
access rigorous curriculum,
including connecting to prior
knowledg e and understanding
text structure.
Students in the AVID elective
class receive instruction in
reading -to-lear n activities,
scaffolding r eading instruction
to increas e comprehension
skills.
Students in the AVID elective
class receive instruction in
reading -to-lear n activities; the
activities are part of a yearlong vertically aligned
instructional plan, and
students use the reading -tolearn activities in all core
academic courses.
E5P5
Reading
to Learn
Strategies