AVID Basics
The name for the specific note type used in AVID
What are Cornell notes?
The first step of the Critical Reading Process, where readers preview the text and make predictions.
What is pre-reading?
This is shorter than a “traditional” college degree and can help you become registered nurses, dental hygienists, and web developers.
What is a 2-year college/community college/associate’s degree?
Details that give the reader a sense of sight, smell, or touch.
What are sensory details?
This is the house where Harry Potter is sorted at Hogwarts.
What is Gryffindor?
The process where student presenters share problems and student tutors and group members help them find answers
What are tutorials?
This type of question requires students to gather/list information/basic facts
What is a Level 1 question?
The “traditional” college path after high school where most people live on campus and study a variety of different subjects.
What is a 4-year college/undergraduate/bachelor’s degree?
A story written by the person it’s about, focused on a specific event with a moral lesson.
What is a memoir?
The magic street where Harry Potter gets his supplies for Hogwarts.
What is Diagon Alley?
This part of AVID notes is written at the bottom (after the note-taking process) and explains the most important ideas.
What is the summary?
This type of question requires students to analyze, infer, or interpret information.
What is a Level 2 question?
A program you can do during high school to get certificates and job experience.
What is a technical program?
A story written by the person it’s about, focusing on the person’s whole life.
What is an autobiography?
The last name of Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia
What is Dursley?
The mindset you have when you say “I can do this.”
What is growth mindset?
This type of question requires students to apply their knowledge, make predictions, or create plans using information.
What is a Level 3 question?
A further college option if you want a career like a lawyer or a doctor.
What is a graduate school/master’s degree?
A word meaning using as little words as possible to convey a specific meaning.
What is concise?
This villain, who many people thought was dead, is Harry’s greatest enemy throughout the book.
Who is Lord Voldemort?
This is what AVID stands for.
What is Advancement Via Individual Determination?
The last step of the Critical Reading Process where students think about how their reading can apply to their life and the world around them.
What is Extending Beyond the Text?
This document lists your education, skills, and experiences when applying for a job
What is a resume?
The opening line in a story meant to engage a reader.
What is a hook?
The mysterious object being guarded in the Hogwarts Castle to keep it safe from Voldemort.
What is the Sorcerer’s Stone?