AVID Calendar for the Month of October 2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 (B)
• Binder Check
• Fun Friday
• Guest Speaker-
Test Prep focus
4 (A) 5 (B) 6 (A) 7 (B) 8
• Question of the Day • Question of the Day NO SCHOOL
• Mandala Autobiography Unit • Time Management (Statewide
• “What is a Mandala?” and “The • “Time Log” Inservice for
Symbols of My Life” • 2. Tutorial Reflections teachers)
• “Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude • “Higher-Level Reflections”
Test (PSAT)” and “The PLAN • Give students practice test
Test” College and Careers (PSAT)
• Tutorials • Collaborative problem-solving
with test prep items from
practice PSAT or PLAN
• Tutorials

11 (A) 12 (B) 13 HALF DAY for students 14 (A) 15

• Question of the Day • NO SCHOOL
• Student Oral Presentations of (Grading Day for
Mandalas Teachers)
• Discuss presentation skills using
the “Presentation Rubric”
• Assign and discuss Mandala
Auto-biographical Essay
• “Autobiographical Mandala Essay”
and “Mandala Auto-biography:
Assignment Description”
• Time Management
• “Barriers and Solutions to Using
Time Effectively”
• Time Management
• Using Time Logs, complete and
discuss “Time Log Reflection”
• Tutorials
• Tutorials
 AMERICAN LITERATURE Calendar for the Month of October 2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
18 (B) 19 (A) 20 (B) 21 (A) 22 (B)
• Question of the Day • Question of the Day Homecoming
• Complete rough draft of • Revise Mandala Assembly
Mandala Autobiography Autobiography Essay
Essay • Conduct Focus Lesson(s) as FUN FRIDAY
• “Mandala Autobiography determined. Developing an BINDER CHECK
Rubric” Introduction”, “Developing a
Time Management Conclusion” and “Using
• “Time Management ‘Showing’ Writing”
Tutorials • Tutorials
25 (A) 26 (B) 27 (A) 28 (B) 29 (A)
• Question of the Day • Question of the Day ADVISORY
• Create AVID Portfolios • Writing Revision Small
• Edit Mandala Autobiography Groups
Essay • Reader Response
“4.7a: Making Sense with • Tutorials
Commas”, “4.17: Sentence
Combining/Revision” or “4.12:
Using Transitions” High School
Writing (Unit 4)
Tutorials