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AVID Notes
Divide the paper into three sections.
Draw a dark horizontal line about 5 or 6 lines from the bottom.
Draw a dark vertical line about 2 inches from the left side of the paper from the top to the horizontal line.
Write notes and Organize your Notes.
Listen & take notes in your own words
Paraphrase what you hear
Skip lines between ideas
Abbreviate
Use symbols
Write in phrases
Use bullets/lists
Recognize cues
Review and clarify.
Review the notes as soon as possible after class.
Pull out main ideas, key points, dates, and people, and write these in the left column.
Summarize.
Write a summary of the main ideas or answers to the key questions in the bottom section.To better understand the content being presented in their core subject areas, it is essential for students to learn to think critically and to ask higher levels of questions. By asking higher levels of questions, students deepen their knowledge and create connections to the material being presented, which in turn prepares them for the inquiry that occurs in tutorials. Students need to be familiar with Costa’s levels of questioning to assist them in formulating and identifying higher levels of questions. -
AVID Tutorials
Horizon Middle School
AVID Tutorials
2022-2023 (Grades 6-8)
What is a tutorial?
Small group tutorial sessions are held twice a week during the AVID elective class. During tutorials, the AVID elective class is divided into small groups. Under the direction and supervision of the AVID elective teacher, an AVID-trained tutor facilitates the student-led discussions at each group to help students find the answer to a question, problem, project, and any other school-work related point of confusion they may have.
What is the purpose of tutorials?
* Create a deeper understanding of concepts covered in core content class
* Develop skills necessary to become self-directed learners.
* It's not just homework help.
What are the goals of the tutorial process?
* To push each other's thinking. AVID tutorials use an inquiry process.
* Tutors do not give the answers. They facilitate the groups' learning process.
* Tutors don't teach the answers. They ask more questions. This is called the Socratic method.How do AVID tutorials differ from traditional tutoring?All students must arrive at the tutorials prepared with work completed and specific questions written in a Tutorial Request Form (TRF). If they believe they have no questions regarding any homework, school work, quiz or test in any of their classes, they must still attend the tutorial with a completed TRF in which they ask a question that further explores the material they are studying in any of their classes, which can be an end of year possible testing question or a college preparation test question. Students will work and discuss in a collaborative group.
