$5 - $10 12th Grade Back to School Lesson

Your students will love this editable AVID Fall WICOR Choice Board, perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any autumn lesson plan. These digital sub plans include activities aligned with WICOR strategies, focusing on writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading. Ideal for keeping students focused during the fall season!

Great for assessments, sub plans, supplemental lessons, lesson planning, and more!

*Please note: all activities in this digital choice are digital but most activities can also be printed if you wish

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What's Included:

Editable AVID WICOR Choice Board in Google Sheets

• 5 Writing Activities
• 5 Inquiry Activities
• 5 Collaboration Activities
• 5 Organization Activities
• 5 Reading Activities

Activities Included:

Writing

• Students will respond to a "finish the scary story" prompt and then create their own using the provided template.
• Students will respond to a "finish the fall story" prompt and then create their own using the provided template.
• Students will design a haunted house and then pretend they are real estate agents and persuade someone to buy their house while following the provided project requirements.
• Students will read the provided AVID gratitude A-Z slides and complete the gratitude alphabet page on the last slide.
• Students will complete all 4 parts of the Turkey Talk: A feast of Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences. An answer key is included for teachers.

Inquiry

• Students will solve the provided Thanksgiving Logic Puzzle and use a Solution Grid to help them organize their thinking. This comes with an answer key for teachers and also makes a great TRF!
• Students will go back to recent notes they took from a core content class and reread them. Then add three level 2 questions and three level 3 questions to them using Costa's House provided.
• Students will choose a person from a list of historical and political figures for Hispanic Heritage Month. After conducting research, they will answer the 5 questions provided. Students will then create a 7-slide Google Slides presentation over research by following the requirements.
• Students will create a 10-question quiz over notes they have taken recently in a core class. Consider focusing on a class that may have a test or quiz coming up.
• Students will create a KWL using the linked chart and then read the provided article about the history of Halloween while completing their chart.

Collaboration

• With a partner, students will answer the Johnny Appleseed Myth Vs. Reality Research Questions by using the provided notes and conducting research through the list of provided websites. Then students will create a podcast script.
• Students will use the provided Roll a Monster Story Board and follow the directions to create a story chain within a group of 3.
• Students will follow the Mnemonic Study Song Project Requirements to create a mnemonic or study song that helps them remember key concepts from recent notes in a core class to help them prepare for an upcoming test or quiz.
• Students will follow the Halloween or Thanksgiving Team Building Project Requirements to create a Halloween or Thanksgiving-Themed team-building activity with a partner.
• Students will individually read either article 1. Is Halloween too Commercialized? or article 2. Should Schools Have Longer Breaks in the Fall? then they will have socratic dialogue by following the directions and responding to the prompts.

Organization

• Students will clean up and organize their Google Drive or another cloud storage by following the directions.
• Students will organize their binder and take before and after pictures.
• Students will calculate their GPA using the provided link. Then choose the class with the lowest grade and set a SMART goal on the Turkey SMART Goal page.
• Students will follow the Themed Graphic Organizer Project Requirements to create a Fall, Thanksgiving, or Halloween-themed graphic organizer and fill it in with information from recent class notes.
• Students will practice taking Cornell Notes over one of the provided articles.

Reading

• Students read the spooky story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Then fill in the vocabulary awareness chart and include definitions in their own words.
• Students reread the spooky story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Then answer the provided reflection questions.
• Students read a book of their choice for 30 minutes and complete a digital one-pager over what they read. Make sure to follow the requirements in the template.
• Students read the Summary vs. Reflection: The Forgotten Room slides, and respond to the questions using the text boxes.
• Students choose their favorite fall poem from the provided website. Then follow the assignment instructions to reflect on the poem they chose.

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AVID Costa's Level of Questioning and Thinking Scenes Activity - Editable: This AVID digital activity is the perfect inquiry resource for your AVID classroom! Use to promote critical thinking skills, as an icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, and so much more!

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Directions:

• Review Costa’s Level of Thinking by having students take notes over the teaching slides provided.
• Students apply their learning by creating their own leveled questions over the provided scenes.
• Revisit and discuss the essential questions at the end.

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• Direction Slide
• Editable direction slide to add your own wording
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 54 Google Slide Scenes with question writing tasks, for example: "Create a level 3 question related to the scene below..."

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If you are looking for the perfect way to start your school year off strong with a rigorous yet engaging beginning of the year activity your students will be talking about all year, look no further than this Back to School Escape Room for ELA - Pop Culture Edition!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length ELA Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

Your students must learn to collaborate with their new peers to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.

• Comme Drama: In the first task, students must identify comma rules used in 6 celebrity quotes. When matched correctly on a mat puzzle, shaded boxes reveal the first code.
• Celeb-spiration: In the second task, students will read true stories about celebrities who had to work incredibly hard for their success, either by beating the odds of a harsh upbringing or by trying and failing many times before hitting it big. In each, there is one commonly misspelled word. Students must identify the word and enter the correct spelling into an answer sheet. Circled boxes reveal the second code.
• Stressed Out: In the third task, students must perform a close reading of the song, Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots. The letters of the correct multiple choice answers form the third code.
• Steph's Fallen Phrase: In the fourth task, students must complete a fallen phrase that forms an inspirational quote by basketball star, Stephen Curry. Circled boxes within the answer reveal the fourth code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the fifth and final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms an inspirational quote by Kendrick Lamar to motivate them to start their year off strong. (We can't give that away here!)

Product Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

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- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

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Use this back to school editable WICOR AVID digital Choice Board to add writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading into your class with some fun back to school themes! Have students complete pieces for sub plans, final exams or study hall time. Simply, make any edits you wish and share a forced copy of the spreadsheet with your students.

*Please note: all activities in this digital choice are digital but most activities can also be printed if you wish

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What's Included:

Editable AVID WICOR Choice Board in Google Sheets

• 5 Writing Activities
• 5 Inquiry Activities
• 5 Collaboration Activities
• 5 Organization Activities
• 5 Reading Activities

Activities Included:

Writing

• Students fill out an interest survey
• Students read about passive, assertive, and aggressive voices and how they are used in writing on a Google Form and then answer the questions in the Google form
• Students respond to one of the listed prompts in a journal, piece of paper or Google Doc following the given requirements.
• Students choose a college in their state (that they haven't researched or toured before) and take a virtual tour at Campus Tours. Then they fill out the Campus Tour Reflection provided.
• Students choose the core class that they feel will be the biggest challenge for them this school year. Then they write a letter to that teacher using the provided requirements and directions.

Inquiry

• Students go back to recent notes they took from a core content class and reread them. Then add three level 2 questions and three level 3 questions to them using the linked Costa's House.
• Students choose a career they are interested in learning more about. They visit the provided website link to conduct research. Then they create a Google Slides presentation using the provided slideshow requirements.
• Students watch the provided TED Talk. In Canva, they create 3 motivational posters that promote a growth mindset following the requirements.
• Students use the provided requirements for creating a google forms quiz to create a 10-question quiz over notes they have taken recently in a core class.
• Students research online to find what quote best represents their goals and aspirations for the school year. They will follow the directions and complete the highlighted sections of the Google Doc provided.

Collaboration

• Students answer the interview questions on a linked partner interview form. Then they get with a partner (someone they don't know well) and interview their partner and compare responses.
• Students use the template provided to create a podcast script with a partner that teaches other students about what AVID is and encourages them to join.
• Students create an "All About Me" digital collage by following the directions in the slides and using the example provided. Then share their design with an AVID classmate and explain why they picked each image.
• Students complete a selfie partner scavenger hunt with a partner around the school.
• Students open the linked Summer Break Bingo template and type in different activities they did over the summer. Then they find classmates who did the same activities and add their names to the bingo card.

Organization

• Students print out their school map and use a highlighter to draw a route to all their classes and follow the directions to label their maps.
• Students complete "week 1" of the linked binder check log and answer the reflection questions.
• Students clean up and organize their Google Drive or another cloud storage. They will create folders for each subject and ensure all documents are appropriately filed and take before and after pictures or screenshots.
• Students follow the provided requirements to create an hourly schedule with the linked template.
• Students find a graphic organizer online for each of their classes OR create their own and take pictures. They will follow the provided directions and requirements.

Reading

• Students research information about the AVID system through the provided linked websites and Google Slides. Then they complete the digital linked Frayer Model by following the provided directions.
• Students complete the linked digital SAT Vocabulary Chart by following the provided directions.
• Students read the provided linked article and take digital focused notes.
• Students read a book of their choice for 30 minutes. Then they complete a DIgital One Pager template over what they read by following the requirements.
• Students choose 20 recent vocabulary words learned from any core content area. Then create a digital crossword puzzle through the provided website.

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