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New Schedule-- AGAIN!

Speeches will start on Monday-- tomorrow (Friday, December 5th) we will go to the computer lab and make our speeches amazing so that we can practice over the weekend. Five of us will be at Chemeketa tomorrow, so we will wait to start making speeches until Monday, as I said..
Please turn in the TRF's from this week-- with reflections finished-- to me for credit. Excellent job on tutorials, by the way!
If you have not finished your application to U of O: link to list of student who need to submit their application do it this weekend--thanks!

Tutorials Tomorrow: Be Prepared!

Here's the stuff from today -- please read announcements!
Mrs. Eddy

Field Trip!

we are off to Western Oregon University on Tuesday, November 18th-- Please bring your permission slip on Monday if you want to go- follow the link to a copy if you have lost your original-- thanks!

Reflection Paper

Here we are, writing again! We started brainstorming about how we will write our reflections on the College entrance process so far.  Here is a link to the assignment:
college application reflection paper

AVID SPEECH!

As soon as we get done with these crazy essays, we will return to speeches! Here is a great opportunity to speak up for AVID and to earn $500.00 and a trip to Southern California!

College Essay and Student Loan Sharks: Essay Response Questions

Here are the questions we worked on in class-- please make sure your answers summarize the big ideas from in the essay in your own words.
Essay Response Questions
Tomorrow we will finish typing a draft of our college application essay for U of O:
500 words or less-- something about you that can't be found in your paperwork (transcripts/activities/grades/test scores).

COLLEGE ESSAY TIME! READ ALL OF THIS, PLEASE!

AVID NEWS TO REMEMBER:

University of Oergon: Coming to us on November 10^th: 12:00pm to 2:30 pm. Put it in your planner. You will be excused from class.

1-We will apply online, and you have already filled out the paper application, so you can use it to help you with the information you will need for the online version.

2- There is an essay requirement so, we will focus on writing the personal essay and THEN turn it into an amazing personal speech.

From Website:

ESSAY: Write an essay of 500 words or less that shares information that we cannot find elsewhere on your application. Any topic you choose is welcome. Some ideas you might consider include your future ambitions and goals, a special talent, extracurricular activity, or unusual interest that sets you apart from your peers, or a significant experience that influenced your life. If you are applying to the UO's Robert D. Clark Honors College, feel free to resubmit your honors college application essay.

ESSAY TOPIC HELP!

Students Speak: How I Conquered the Application Essay

The college application essay is the perfect place to give admission officers a picture of who you are beyond grades, test scores and a list of extracurricular activities. But many students struggle to get started or to come up with ideas. Read about how these students approached their essays. 

What did you write about? 

My Common Application was about my heritage. The other ... essays I wrote ... were about my views on the death penalty, my thoughts on the Nevadan education system, my favorite academic experience at Girls Nation and how I define true success.
—Wen Hui, high school senior

I wrote my college essay on not believing in the word regret. The essay discussed taking chances and learning from each experience [and] never regretting a single thing that you choose to do.
—Sara, college senior

One prompt basically said, “Newton’s first law of motion states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion in the same direction unless acted upon by an external force.” My first reaction was, “I’m not a science guy. How do I write about this?” But in essence, it simply asked me to reflect on my background and think about how an external force has ... caused me to change direction. I thought of so many things to say about the overly protective community I live in.
—Alexander, high school senior

I decided to write about my family's car accident. Although it was a painful essay to write, I feel the judges were able to get a better view of my personality from it.
—Michelle, high school senior

 COLLEGE ESSAY LINK

More great videos and talk to help you decide on a great essay topic

Undocumented Students-- TONS of great information and encouragement-- everything from in-state tuition to private scholarship money is available to you-- check out this site! 

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Advise us early in the admission process of any personal circumstances that affected your academic performance, especially if you do not meet one or more of the admission requirements. Include a statement with your application describing any personal challenges you’ve overcome and explain their impact on your education. Details of any serious illness, diagnosed disability, personal difficulties, or family circumstances that have affected your education are encouraged. Maximum statement length is 500 words. This statement is not required.

The Honors College Resuires TWO teacher reccomendation forms and letters—you MUST ask right away if you need these.

Speech websites

Some links to great, short speeches:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-short-speeches.html
http://www.ranker.com/list/funny-movie-speeches/william-neckard
http://www.powerfulwords.info/speeches/Famous-Women-Speeches/

Trying to get started and having a hard time: try this site

How to write a speech about yourself!

Bridges! PSU program not to miss

Check it out!

Speech! Speech!

We've had a way to talk about ourselves a little as we wrote our Insight Resumes (the six 100 word responses from the OSU application), and now we are going to talk about it-- out loud! Here is the assignment and the activities ( at least some of them ) that we will use to get there:
View a good AVID speaker: Who I Am Speech
Take Cornell Notes as we watch the speech, brainstorm, discuss and get input for writing your own speech
EQ: Who are you and where are you going?

1- Discuss you impressions of the speech with your table group.

2- Class Together: Share out--discuss the speech and the questions it raises.

3- Add to your notes from the discussions

4- Question to add to your notes: 

Question: If you were to write a short piece/speech that spoke about who you are and where you are headed—what would it be called?

-   “I Am Different?”

  - "I Am Just Another Brick in the Wall?”

-   "I Am Legend!"

-   I am sort of just kidding with that last one—but I would like you to use your study/tutorial group to take turns helping each other come up with a focus for their speech. Take five minutes and think/write (in your notes) about what defines who you are, and how that fits in with where you are going-- don't stop IF you get to a great name for your speech-- go ahead and explain what you mean by that--what parts of your life and plans will you include in your speech-- Your notes from all of today will be the background that you will bring to your study group as you help each other figure out the emphasis and details to include in your speech. 

NOTE: On a standard TRF, the EQ above is the "standard/essential question" and the question about what to call your speech is your "Initial/Original Question." The writing you just did is your critical thinking, and exactly what else to include in/exclude from your speech and its title is your POC. Your 30 second speech should take us through the thinking you just did during the writing time. Take notes on everything wonderful that comes up during your discussion so that you can remember it/use it/perfect it later!

NOW ABOUT THE SPEECH: How long does it have to be? 2-3 MINUTES! 

 HOW LONG IS THAT ON PAPER? Find out--WITH A PARTNER, READ THESE TWO SPEECHES ALOUD AND TIME EACH OTHER (EACH DO ONE). 

Now About Inspiration: I will post a link for some pretty short and inspirational speeches here tomorrow, then you will have an assignment to find one of your own and bring the link to class to share-- That's all for now--

Mrs. Eddy

Catching up with grading--

I will get the rest of your things in the grade book for grades on Monday.
Here is what you should have in to me:
1- PEP complete for sophomore through Senior year
2- Insight Resume (six corrected responses to the OSU admissions questions)
3- University of Oregon paper application
4- TRF for this week, complete with background/your thinking up to the Point of Confusion

Due Next Week:

DUE FRIDAY. OCTOBER 3RD--LAST DAY! PEP (Personal Education Plan): email an attachment of the .pdf file to me when you finish.
DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH: OSU short Essays (Insight Resume)

PEP Time!

We need one more day for a lot of us to get done with our PEP-- so we will be on computers tomorrow in the D-wing. When you get your pep done, you will have time to do a practice test OR do a college/ scholarship search-- I will have a form for you to fill out with your top three college choices and why you are considering them.
PS-- I still need four corrected essay responses from the OSU Insight Resume from most of you-- by Thursday, latest!
Mrs. E

Science ACT Help

I found a glossary of terms for the ACT science section, and I will have those who are taking the test form groups to make some flashcards online for you to study with. Here is the list:
ACT Science Terms

How to Set Goals for the SAT/ACT

Here is a great article that talks about what kinds of scores might be considered "good" on the college entrance exams. We will read it in class next week and write a short reaction piece.
What is a Good Score on the SAT?
What is going to happen in AVID class this year?
I made a list of your best/worst things about AVID as well as your goals for the year. I think this is a good starting place for a discussion of how we will run the class this year and how we can make it better-- to get through it smoothly and make it memorable-- just like you wanted!
Mrs.Eddy

SAT/ACT Practice

While you are on the computers or over the weekend, make sure you click into the practice page for the test you are planning to take and do at least:

ONE English practice section (about 20 minutes) AND

ONE Math practice section (about 15-20 minutes)

 ACT link: http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/ 

SAT link:http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/

Report your scores to Mrs. Eddy for credit--thanks!
Insight resume questions: Complete final copies of four of the six by Friday, September 12th

Class of 2015: Here we ARE!

Welcome Back!

Last year before college--very exciting!

Important Links:

SAT Registration

Syllabus

Cornell Notes

I am sooooo excited to get going and hear about your college plans and dreams!  I promise that we will do everything we can here in class to get you ready and find a way for your dream to come true. 

This page is the place to check in if you have missed a day, lost a handout, forgotten your notes, or just want to check in and make sure you have everything done. I will do my best to update twice a week, and I really appreciate it if you let me know right away if a link is not working or you have other troubles navigating this site. You or your parents can sign up to follow the site so that you will know when a new post is available. Please check in here before you email me about missing class or ask about missing work--thanks!

 Email me: eddy_christina@salkeiz.k12.or.us

Speeches and assignments

We are working on our inspirational speeches-- here are links to all the latest documents:
Speech assignmentfind a great model speech assignment

Last, but not least: check the list and make sure you have your t-shirt order in and your money paid by FRIDAY, APRIL 11

t-shirt: $12.00

Crew-neck sweatshirt: $14.00

Hoodie: $22.00

Custom name on the back (indicate if you want your first or last name): ADDITIONAL $5.00

Speech! Speech!

This week we started to think about and write our end of the year speeches.
Friday we will be in the computer lab with two tasks:
1- SIGN UP FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MAY 10TH OR YOUR SPOT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN AWAY!
2- Write your speech: humorous, serious, ironic, light-heated or sincere-- this speech is all about you and your AVID experience/
Possible topics:
Why did you stick it out? (why stay in AVID after freshman year?)
I am different, now!
Best Memories
Top Ten Reasons NOT to join AVID
One New Piece of my Future

SIGN UP FOR HABITAT! Have a Great Break!

Thanks for all the fun times this short, short week. We will get serious about the last tasks we have for this class: Community Service MAY 10th SIGN UP FOR HABITAT data collection, speech writing, fund raising, banquet, slide show and presentation, etc. SIGN UP FOR HABITAT for May 10th http://www.salemhabitat.org/volunteer.html

Register for May 10th from this site: Habitat Site

1) HIt the big, square "register" button to Register.

2)      Fill out the form completely. For “Group/Team” select NONE, as they haven’t added us to this screen yet.  “Referral source”=Mrs. Evans/WSHS

3)      Click Register. It will take you to the top of the same page and, highlighted in BLUE, it will say “Click here” to continue.

4)      At the TOP of this page will be the MONTHS of the year. Click on the appropriate month (April or May) for your club. Scroll down to the correct date (see top of this page) and it will give you a West Salem link. Click that, then select the BOX that is at the top for the shift (8am-12pm) and Update your registration.

5)      Print your confirmation page as verification for your Club Advisor to keep.

6)      See the site, your Club Advisor (Mrs. Eddy) or Mrs. Evans (B225) to get a copy of the waiver you must sign. Make sure your parents know you are participating. Their signature is required if you are still under 18 on the day of the activity.

Community and Service!

Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity’s Building program

April 26^th: Latino Club and National Honor Society

May 10^th: Latino Club and AVID

Please let everyone know that we need them to go onto volunteer up : http://www.salemhabitat.org/volunteer.html Habitat and create a user name and password. They must also be 16 years old or older, and must sign a waiver form before they can volunteer. Each date is limited to 20 volunteers. More dates will be available in the summer (Wednesdays) and next year (Saturdays).

1)      Select the volunteer tab. Click the VOLUNTEER button in the middle of the screen (scroll down first).

2)      Register.

3)      Fill out the form completely. For “Group/Team” select NONE, as they haven’t added us to this screen yet.  “Referral source”=Mrs. Evans/WSHS

4)      Click Register. It will take you to the top of the same page and, highlighted in BLUE, it will say “Click here” to continue.

5)      At the TOP of this page will be the MONTHS of the year. Click on the appropriate month (April or May) for your club. Scroll down to the correct date (see top of this page) and it will give you a West Salem link. Click that, then select the BOX that is at the top for the shift (8am-12pm) and Update your registration.

6)      Print your confirmation page as verification for your Club Advisor to keep.

7)      See your Club Advisor or Mrs. Evans (B225) to get a copy of the waiver you must sign. Make sure your parents know you are participating. Their signature is required if you are still under 18 on the day of the activity.

Be sure to get your AVID: (SASA) Scholarship essay ready by the time class starts on Monday

This scholarship application is due on Monday, no extensions-- real life here. You need t olist your extra-curriculars n the form and attach the essay AND a copy of your transcript.
Here is a link to the form you need to complete-- Just leave the administrator part blank--
Thanks!

Posting grades by Monday-- many of you are missing items from the previous posts-- running out of time!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Eddy

Where is the money? Essay Time!

Be sure to complete the 500 word essay required to apply for the scholarship that the SK Administrators are offering to an AVID student. Due: Friday, Feb. 21st
ALSO-- by the end of this month (which day is that?)-- one more college scholarship application on line-- show me the money!

Home Stretch!ss

WE are in the last semester of your senior year-- can you believe it!  Pretty soon it will be graduation parties and family celebrations all around. Here are the assignments we are currently working on and the DUE DATES.  Please pay special attention to these dates as we will no longer be extending them for you-- trying to create a "college like" environment here in AVID class. We will be running study groups-- looks like we really need them for math! During a lot of our class time to help you succeed in your last semester here.

Due Thursday, January 30th Assignment #1: Type up a two paragraph reflection on your semester grades using perfect grammar and punctuation.

Due Monday, February 3rd Assignment #2: Take a complete practice test for the COMPASS assessment-- you choose the subject. Get a link to tests from the Chemeketa website or the CIS website in the district. Report your scores to Mrs. Eddy.

Due Tuesday, February 4th Assignment #3: Find and complete one online scholarship that you are eligible for-- (feel free to use the CIS site as a tool to find scholarships) including any essays or essay questions. Have someone proofread your work and print it out for Mrs.Eddy to look at before you send it.

Due Thursday, February 6th Assignment #4: Complete the request for a letter of recommendation from the counseling center link on the West Salem High School website.

Critical Reading!

Be sure to do your reading and summarizing since we lost class time to the presenter today-- wasn't he amazing, though!  I will collect reflections next week as we have time--See you on Tuesday!
War on Poverty Readings
War on Poverty Critical Reading Assignment