Cornell Notes

• Use the Cornell Notes process with confidence and skill (Click here to see a sample page.)

Materials Management:     The Avid Binder

• Continue to maintain an organized binder

• Complete 12 pages of notes for each binder check

Time Management:  

The Agenda

• Maintain use of the agenda, assignment log or AVID calendar to include school activities as well as class assignments, projects, and tests

• Continue to use backwards mapping for long-term assignments

Learning Styles

• Use understanding of personal learning style and apply the understanding to individual courses and teachers

Costa’s Levels of Questioning

• Create and respond to all three levels of questions, with independence (Click here for more information about the three levels.)

Goal Setting

• Analyze, review and revise goals and action plan

Writing Strategies

• Continue to use the writing process (pre-writing, rough drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

• Write for a variety of purposes

• Deepen skill with the three-part essay format

• Complete financial aid forms and college applications

Learning Logs

• Write reflective learning log entries

Public Speaking

• Make effective oral presentations to the class

College Readiness

• Develop competence in the Four Essential Skills for Academic Success

• Analyzing a prompt or academic task

• Using selective and purpose-driven reading strategies

• Gaining skill in focused note taking

• Integrating sources into texts