AVID Calendar for the Month of April 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 (B)
• BINDER
CHECKS and
FUN FRIDAY

4 (A) 5 (B) 6 (A) 7 (B) 8 (A)

Question of the Day Question of the Day
Public Speaking Public Speaking
• “Fish Bowl Speeches” Student Complete speeches, assessing
Activity 14.2 Strategies for Success with “Presentation Rubric”
(Unit 14) Student Activity 14.7 Strategies
• Students complete “Presentation for Success (Unit 14)
Rubric” Activity 14.7 Strategies for During speeches, students should
Success (Unit 14) be taking Cornell Notes over
Public Speaking presentations.
• Instead of “Fish Bowl Speeches,” Tutorials
complete “Tongue Twister
Stations,” Student Activity 14.3 or
“Taking a Different Tone,” Student
Activity 14.4 Strategies for Success
(Unit 14)
• Tutorials

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
11 (B)
• Question of the Day
• Character Analysis
Prewriting
• Select a short story that will
be interesting and accessible
to students from
www.bartleby.com or other
source
• Follow prewriting steps 1-4:
(read, brainstorm, guided
reflection). Activity 7.1 High
School Writing (Unit 7)
• Tutorials
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• Question of the Day FURLOUGH
• Character Analysis Prewriting
• Follow prewriting steps 5-12:
(narrow down, graphic organizer,
explain assignment, model, thesis
statement, focus lesson option,
plan). Activity 7.1, Student
Handout 7.1a and 7.1b High
School Writing (Unit 7)
• Conduct focus lesson on
“Developing a Thesis Statement”
Activity 4.10 High School
Writing (Unit 4)
Using MLA Format
• Conduct Focus Lesson on citing
sources. Guide students in citing
the short story used for essay.
“4.15b: Crediting Sources Within
Your Text” High School Writing
(Unit 4)
• Tutorials
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Friday
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Question of the Day Question of the Day Philosophical
Character Analysis Character Analysis Reader Chairs and Binder
• Have students complete a Response Checks
pictorial representation of • Follow reader response steps 1-5:
character selected to use – (model, debrief, verbal feedback,
creating a cover for the written feedback, evaluate
Character Analysis Essay. feedback). Activity 7.1, Student
• Character Analysis Handout 2.5/2.6 and 2.8 High
Drafting School Writing (Units 7 and 2)
• Follow drafting steps 1-6: • Debrief the feedback process.
(set the stage, write, remind, • Tutorials
introduction, sentence
crafting, quote blending).
Activity 7.1 High School
Writing (Unit 7)
• Conduct Focus Lesson on
“4.13: Integrating
Quotations” High School
Writing (Unit 4)

2.Using MLA Format

• Review citing sources and
complete a “Works Cited”
page. Guide students in citing
the short story used for essay.
“4.15c: Guidelines for
Creating a ‘Works Cited’
Page.” High School Writing
(Unit 4)
• Tutorials
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• Question of the Day • Question of the Day GRADING DAY
• Character Analysis • Character Analysis Editing NO STUDENTS
Revising • Follow editing steps 1-5:
• Follow revising steps 1-8: (specific focus lessons, general
(model, debrief, revision editing, remind, rewrite, final
plan, revise). Activity 7.1 and proofread). Activity 7.1 High
Student Handout 7.1c High School Writing (Unit 7)
School Writing (Unit 7) • Conduct Focus Lessons as
• Tutorials needed from High School
Writing (Unit 4)
• Tutorials