9th Grade
Sample Week at a Glance
2013-14
Each bulleted activity/lesson/project listed below represents one class period.
. The other two days each week are devoted to tutorials.
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AVID Lessons
AVID Basics
 AVID Overview /Making the Grade Video Clip & Go Over Syllabus
 Organizing Your Binder & Portfolio Requirements
 Cornell Notes Power Point
 Costa’s Levels of Intellectual Functioning (Three Little Pigs & The Three Billy
Goats Gruff)
 AVID Pictionary (Teambuilding)
Getting to Know You
 Life Goal Shields
 Partner Interviews
 Tutorial Video & Filling Out Tutorial Sheet (Questions from Student Handbook)
 Get to Know You Cornell Notes
 Teambuilding activity
Writing Assignment #1: Shield Essays
 Begin Drafting Shield Essays
 Read Through Student Handbook and Fill out Tutorial Slip with 2 Level II or III
Questions
 Peer Review
 Practice Tutorial Using Questions From the Student Handbook
 College Readiness
Cornell Note Practice
 How to Take Notes From a Lecture
 How to Take Notes From a Text
 Using Cornell Notes as a Study Tool & Quiz on Notes From Lecture
Organizing Your Life
 Organizing Your Life Power Point (Pass out Organizing My Life Scrapbooks)
 Organization Research and Interviews
 Presentation of Organizing My Life Scrapbooks
College Exploration
 Letter to College Requesting Information & Begin College Research
 College Posters from information found on College Information Worksheet
 Presentations
How to Get Good Grades
 Ways to Get Good Grades PowerPoint
 21 Ways to Get Good Grades Booklets
 Presentations
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Getting Into College
 What Colleges Look For & College Admissions Game
 High School Activities Record & Resume
 Getting Into College: An Insider’s Guide (Video Clip & Worksheet)
Create Your Own Business
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Begin Flyers, Signs, Brochures, Business Cards, and Door Hangers for Fictitious
Business
 Research in Lab
 Presentations
Learning About Yourself
 Learning Styles Inventory & Personality Inventories (Keirseyand True Colors)
 Writing Assignment #2: Learning Style & Personality Essay
 Find Your Major Online
Get in the Habit
 The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Teens
Paradigms & Principles
 Paradigms & Principles Worksheet
 Letters to and from Parents
Personal Bank Account
 Blank Checks
Habit #1 – Be Proactive
 Proactive/Reactive Comic Strips
 Be Proactive Worksheet
Habit #1- Be Proactive
 Proactive/Reactive Skits
 Philosophical Chairs
 Presentation of Skits
Habit #2 – Begin with the End in Mind
 The Great Discovery
 Roadmaps for Life & Essay on Back
 Presentation of Roadmaps to Class
Habit #2 – Begin with the End in Mind
 Mission Statements
 Goal Setting (Career & Personal)
 Epitaph & Eulogy
Habit #3 – Put First Things First
 Time Management Assessment & Time Management Log
 Activity Cards & Suitcase of Time
 Suitcase Presentations
Habit #3 – Put First Things First
 Writing Assignment #3: Qualities are you looking for in a college, career,
spouse, and family?
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 Peer Editing Checklist
 Essay Read Around and Scoring
Habit #4 – Think Win-Win
 Writing Assignment #4: Building Relationships Essay
 Part 1 - Self-Image Survey
 Part 2 - Think Win-Win Activity Page
Relationship Bank Account
 Nails in the Fence
FINALS WEEK (AVID Reading Logs & Portfolios Due)
 1st Semester Portfolio Evaluation
Pass Out New: Reading Logs, Binder Checklists, Community Service Logs
Habit #5 – Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood
 Part 1 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes
 Part 2 - Active Listening Checklist
 Body Language Charades
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Habit #6 – Synergize
 Part 1 - Gallery Walk & Which Fruit Are You?
 Part 2 – Activity Cards
 Part 3 - Synergy at Work (Building a Machine)
Habit #7 – Sharpen the Saw
 Group Posters
 7 Habits Test & Finish Group Posters
 Presentation of Posters
7 Habits Review:
 Writing Assignment #5: 7 Habits
 7 Habits Mini Books
 Presentation of Mini Books
7 Habits Group Projects
 Projects
 Projects
 Presentations
Interview Skills
 Writing a Cover Letter, Job Application, Resumes
 Preparing for the Interview (Fill out Practice Questions)
 Evaluation of cover letter, resume, and job application using scoring guide
Interview Skills (Answering Questions & Mock Interviews)
 The Job Interview & Practice answering interview questions with a partner
 Mock interviews
 Evaluating Job Interviews (Video Clips)
Interview Skills
 After the Interview(Thank you letter)
 MLA Format (Parenthetical Citations & Works Cited Practice)
 Two Minute Speeches
Careers
 Career Cluster Interest Survey, Description of the 16 Career Clusters & Begin Writing
Assignment #6: Career Reports
 Research in Computer Lab
 Research in Computer Lab
Careers
 Continue Writing Assignment #6: Career Reports
 Peer Review of Writing Assignment #6: Career Reports
 Oral Presentations
Careers
 Oral Presentations
Public Speaking
 The Power of Persuasion
 Begin Writing How-To Speeches
Public Speaking
 Presentation of How-To Speeches to the Class
 Presentation of How-To Speeches to the Class
Teambuilding Activity
College Exploration
 Letter to College Requesting Information & Begin College Research
 Research Project (Brochures)
 Presentations
Vision
 Begin working on Vision Boards
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 Continue working on Vision Boards
 Presentation of Vision Boards
Informational Speeches
 PowerPoint Overview
 Draft Speeches
 Presentation of Speeches
Money Management
 Tips For Managing Your Money
 Budget Simulation
 Stretching Your Dollar Group Project
Money Management
 Stretching Your Dollar Group Project
 Stretching Your Dollar Group Project
 Presentation of Group Projects
FINALS WEEK (AVID Reading Logs Due)
 Writing Assignment #7: Freshman Summary Essay
 The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make Short Answer Test
 Portfolio Assessment
Collaborative Group Project Presentations
9th Grade AVID Textbooks: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make by Sean Covey