TRF
What are the minimum presenters on TRF day?
3 presenters minimum (expected for everyone to present)
How do you take FOCUSED NOTES?
Focused NOTES can be taken differently as long as there is a section for notes, summary, questions, and annotations.
What makes AVID beneficial?
Avid is beneficial for the skills that students learn as well as the opportunities offered. Ex (note taking, communication, collaborative skills & college field trips, help with SAT sign up, and College guidance/help)
What is an Avid Socratic Seminar?
An Avid Socratic Seminar is a structured classroom discussion where students engage with the text by asking questions to their peers and listening to others perspectives.
What are the components of a TRF?
Initial question,Point of Confusion, Vocabulary, What you know about your question, General steps to answer the question, Reflection questions/summary, and notes of other peoples Point of Confusion.
What are the different styles to take FOCUSED NOTES?
There are Cornell, Outline, Graphic Organizer, 2 or 3 column notes, mapping, mind method, and flow method.
What does AVID stand for?
Advancement Via Individual Determination.
What grade level is a Socratic Seminar?
You do Socratic Seminar from middle school and up.
What does TRF stand for?
Tutorial Request Form
What skills do you develop while taking Focused Notes?
You develop better comprehension and retention skills as well as it stimulates our critical thinking skills.
What qualities make an AVID scholar?
An AVID scholar is committed, organized, goal oriented, College Bound (A-G), manages their time, and collaborative.
How can a Socratic Seminar bring us together in Avid?
Socratic seminars bring us together as we discuss and listen carefully to our peers perspectives on the discussion.
What are the benefits of the TRF?
To help with the point of confusion as well as develop collaborative and communication skills.
How does focused NOTES benefits you in college/university?
Benefits will be that you have better note taking skills and better focus as well as you will learn to have a better understanding of the main concept of the class.
What are the expectations/beliefs of AVID?
The expectations are for the scholars to be A-G compliant, achieve 100 community service hours, be involved in clubs or sports, grades c and above, have short and long term goals, as well as WICOR skills (writing, inquiry, collaborative, organization, and reading skills).
What is the main idea of having a Socratic Seminar?
The main idea of having a Socratic Seminar is to work on communication skills as well as to expand peoples knowledge by listening to others perspectives.