Monday
Explain the following:
Compromise is 1+1=1 ½
Cooperation is 1+1=2
Synergy is 1+1=3 or more
Assignments Due:
Today’s Agenda:
Monday
Dec 1, 2014
1. Warm-up
2. Read first half of Habit 6:
Synergize
3. Gallery Walk
4. Which fruit are you?
Thursday – Tutorial
forms DUE
Friday – Binder checks in
class
Essential Question:
How can I develop personal awareness
of my strengths and skills and utilize
them to be an effective learner?
Objective:
I will learn to synergize.
Habit #6 – Synergize
(Part 1)
What is Synergy?
• Synergy is achieved when two or more
people work together to create a better
solution than either could alone.
1 +1 = 3 or more
Silent Reading
• Briefly scan pages 182-194 in the book
entitled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens by Sean Covey.
Gallery Walk
You will be divided into 4 groups. Each group
will spend 2 minutes adding their thoughts to
each of the 4 charts that are hanging around
the room.
Examples of
“High Way”
The Value of
Synergy
Roadblocks to
Synergy
Celebrating
Diversity
Find Out Which Fruit You Are
Tuesday
 Finish
your “Which Fruit Are
You” worksheet
 In your warm-up copy down
4 of the characteristics listed
about your fruit that best
describe you. Be ready to
share with the class
Assignments Due:
Today’s Agenda:
Tuesday
Dec 2, 2014
1. Warm-up
2. Review synergy
3. Write thank you letters to Mrs.
Thoren
Thursday – Tutorial forms
DUE
Friday – Binder checks in
class
Essential Question:
How can I develop personal awareness
of my strengths and skills and utilize
them to be an effective learner.
Objective:
I will learn to synergize.
Habit #6 – Synergize
(Part 2)
What Does This Mean?
“Alone we can do so little; together we
can do so much.”
- Helen Keller
What is Synergy?
• Synergy is achieved when two or more
people work together to create a better
solution than either could alone.
1 +1 = 3 or more
Why Geese Fly in a “V”
Formation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXL5M30A_sg
Running Time: 3:50
An Example of Synergy
• Geese fly in a V-formation when traveling south for the
winter.
• Geese can fly 71% farther in this formation than alone.
• When a goose flaps its wings, it creates an updraft for the
goose that follows
• As the lead goose gets tired, he will rotate to the back of the
V and allow another goose to take the lead position.
• The geese honk to encourage one another.
• When one of the geese gets sick or wounded, two geese
will follow it down to protect it until it gets better or dies.
Quick-Write
• On a scratch piece of paper, take three
minutes to write about the lessons that
can be learned from the geese.
• Be prepared to share out with the class!
Another Example of Synergy
• One 2” x 4” beam can support 607 pounds.
• So two 2” x 4” beams should be able to support 1,214
pounds….right?
• Actually, two 2” x 4” beams can support 1, 821 pounds
- Nailed together they can support 4,878 pounds
• Three 2” x 4” beams nailed together can support 8,481
pounds!
Synergy in Lumber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAOc66sU13o
Running Time: 2:30
Quick-Write
• On a scratch piece of paper, take three
minutes to write about the lessons that
can be learned from the synergy of
lumber.
• Be prepared to share out with the class!
Thank you Letters to Mrs.
Thoren
Date
Dear Mrs. Thoren,
Paragraph 1 – Introduction – who you are, why you are in AVID
Paragraph 2 – what you learned from her presentation – give
specific details
Paragraph 3 – give thanks and share how you plan to apply what
you learned
Closing,
Signature
Thursday
Think of a time that you
collaborated with another
person or group and you
created something better than
you could have done on your
own. Write 5-7 sentences
explaining your story.
Assignments Due:
Today’s Agenda:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Thursday
Dec 4, 2014
Warm-up
Tutorials
Update AVID Binder
Update AVID Portfolio
Friday – Binder checks in
class
Essential Question:
How can I develop personal awareness
of my strengths and skills and utilize
them to be an effective learner.
Objective:
1. I will participate in a tutorial
2. I will organize my portfolio
Section
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Section Title
Documents
Possible
Points
1
Important Documents
High School Activities Record/ community service
record
20
1
Important Documents
Resume
20
4
Goals
Life Goals Shield
20
4
Goals
Shield Essay
20
4
Goals
Mission Statement
20
4
Goals
Personal & Career Goals
20
Learning Styles Inventory
10
6
Learning Styles & Personality
6
Learning Styles & Personality
Finding Your True Colors
10
6
Learning Styles & Personality
Keirsey’s Descriptions of Temperaments
10
6
Learning Styles & Personality
Learning Style & Personality Essay
20
9
Starting Your Own Business
Flyers, Signs, Business Cards, Door Hangers
20
11
Research Tools & Templates
MLA Format
10
11
Research Tools & Templates
Citation Sentence Templates
10
11
Research Tools & Templates
3-Part Source Integration Technique Templates
10
11
Research Tools & Templates
Business Letter Template
10
11
Research Tools & Templates
Friendly Letter Template
10
240
My
Points
Friday
Warm-up Question - What is
synergy?
 End of the week review – 3 things
you learned in your classes this week
 Turn your warm-up into the basket
 Get ready for binder checks
 Make sure your notes are all
DATED!!!

Instead of an acrostic:
List 3 NEW
things you
learned this
week in class
Turn
into
the
basket
after
you
finish
Assignments Due:
Today’s Agenda:
Friday
Dec 5, 2014
1. Warm-up
2. Binder Checks
3. Group Machine Activity
Friday – Binder checks in
class
Essential Question:
How can I develop personal awareness
of my strengths and skills and utilize
them to be an effective learner.
Objective:
I will learn to synergize.
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Each missing Cornell Notes/Learning Log =
subtract 5 points NO DATE=NO POINTS!!
Each missing area in the planner =subtract 1
point
Each missing required material = subtract 1
point
If their binder is messy or has random papers
that have not been filed = subtract points
PRINT your name where it says “Tutor Initials”
Turn Grade sheet into basket
Habit #6 – Synergize
(Part 3)
What is Synergy?
• Synergy is achieved when two or more
people work together to create a better
solution than either could alone.
1 +1 = 3 or more
Synergy is Like Fruit Salad
• Divide into groups of 4 or 5
• Try to have at least one of each kind of
“fruit” in your group (based on the survey
you took).
Synergy at Work (25 minutes)
• With your group, use the following
supplies to create a machine that does
something.
- 2 sheets of copy paper
- 4 paper clips
- 2 rubber bands
- 12” of tape
- 5 popsicle sticks
- 1 pushpin
- scissors
Presentation of Machines
• Share with the class how your group’s
machine works.
• Once all machines have been
presented, you will vote on your favorite
machine.