Less than $5 9th Grade Career and Technical Education Activities (by date, oldest first)

This project is great for your fashion design students in your entry level class. I usually give my students 10 class days to complete whatever choice they would like to work on from the list. Feel free to give your students whatever timeline fits your lesson plan. I like giving the students choices in case there are students who would like to sketch instead of sewing. No matter what project they choose they are still required to type a paper that discusses the elements and principles of design. Each project has a different set of elements and principles of design that are required for the paper since sometimes it is easier to include certain ones in sewing projects versus sketches.

Prior Knowledge needed:

This project assumes that your class has covered the elements and principles of design but if you have not then feel free to omit that part of the project.

This download includes a rubric as well.

Are you looking for an engaging Turkey in Disguise Take Home or Class Project for your AVID students this Thanksgiving season? This how-to disguise a Turkey hands-on, interactive career project is the perfect engaging twist on your career research projects! You can print or use the digital template and allow students to copy and paste images to disguise their turkey in Google Slides.

Thanksgiving will be here soon and our turkeys are getting nervous! Your students will be able to help keep them safe and away from hungry fans. Your students will love creating and writing about their turkey and its career that it hides at to stay in disguise.

This resource includes everything you need to create an adorable bulletin board project for your AVID students!

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Directions:

• Students will cut out the turkey template.
• Students can use the digital template or print, color and cut out designs, or use construction paper and crafts to disguise their turkey in a career they are interested in researching.
• Students will answer the 14 career research questions about the career of their choice in their own notes.
• Students will write a story naming their turkey and describing a day in the life of his/her career as he/she hides from hungry fans. Their paper should also include 5 pieces of information from their career research.

What is included in this product?

• Turkey Template
• Project Requirements
• Career Research Websites List
• 14 Career Research Questions
• "Don’t eat me, I am NOT a turkey" writing pages

Your students will love getting creative with this fun Turkey in Disguise Writing Craft.

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Team Building Public Speaking and Listening Card Game Activity- Connect the DotsThis: This Card Game is the ultimate public speaking team-building resource for your AVID students (or any content area) - This engaging and educational card game is designed to help students develop their public speaking skills and build teamwork in a fun and interactive way. It is perfect for AVID classrooms and beyond! It's suitable for use in AVID classrooms, as well as any classroom that values public speaking and teamwork.

Connect the dots boosts confidence, enhances communication, and fosters collaboration. Through playing this card game, students will gain the confidence and skills necessary to succeed in public speaking and work effectively in teams, setting them up for success both in and out of the classroom.

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How to Play Connect the Dots

• Print, cut, and laminate the 200 cards provided.

• Put the word cards into box or non-see through bag.

• A player picks two cards and then must immediately begin telling a story connecting both words together convincingly. The story should only be 1-2 minutes, complicated, or true!

• Once your class is comfortable with connecting two words, add to your word collection and increase the number of cards selected to three or even four.

Skills

• Moving from one idea to another smoothly, in a way that can be readily understood and followed by your audience, is a must-have public speaking skill.

• Connect the Dots gives people the opportunity to practice. Finding a way to conenct the words and practicing the ability to make those connections will become stronger and stronger.

• An added benefit of the game is listening and learning from each other.

What's Included

• Directions page
• Skills page
• Example story
• 200 word cards
• blank cards to write your own words

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Team Building Public Speaking / Listening Card Game Activity - History Snippets: This team-building card game is the perfect icebreaker for AVID students (or students in any content) who want to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. Designed for use in a classroom or group setting, this card game challenges players to give a 1-2 minute speech about an invention or event in history using the card they draw. This engaging activity not only helps students build their public speaking confidence but also teaches them valuable skills in communication and creative thinking!

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, the AVID team-building card game is the perfect choice!

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How to Play History Snippets

• Put the 100 topic cards/papers into a non-see-through bag.

• Put players into teams of 4-6 players.

• When it's their turn a player pulls a topic from the bag. They then must give an account of the history (story) behind the thing or event they've drawn. It can be factual or false! Encourage imagination, outrageous lies, flights of fantasy...

• The goal of this public speaking game is to sustain credible fluency. Aim for 1 - 2 minutes per story.

What's Included

• Directions page
• 100 history/invention cards
• blank cards to write your own words

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These AVID college research questions and one pager worksheets are the perfect way to engage your students in independent or partner research about colleges of their choice! These printables are consist of 18 college research questions that encourage students to delve into the background, programs, and opportunities offered by the college of their choice! They also include a one-pager for students to apply their learning and a website list to guide them in their research.

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What's Included:

• 18 College Research Questions
• One pager with prompts to apply their learning
• Website list to guide students in their research

Benefits:

• Engages AVID students in meaningful college research
• Helps students develop critical thinking and research skills
• Can be used as part of a college research project or throughout the year
• Perfect for sub plans or independent work

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Activitae WICOR skils and increase student organization accountability with this AVID Binder Bingo Game, designed to help students find classmates who demonstrate key organizational habits. This fun twist on binder checks includes editable templates and promotes collaboration and team building while reinforcing AVID strategies like binder organization, note-taking, and planning. Perfect for AVID teachers looking to enhance college readiness skills!

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What's Included

• Pre-filled binder bingo handout
• editable template with pictures included
• editable blank template with only the title
• PowerPoint
• Google Slides

Directions for AVID Binder Bingo

1. Find a Classmate: Students walk around the room and find classmates who match the description in each box.
2. Ask for a Signature: When students find someone who fits the description, they ask them to sign that box.
3. Complete the Bingo Card: Students try to fill as many boxes as possible with different classmates' signatures.

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AVID Career Debate Activity - Speed Philosophical Chairs for Team Building: Use this career-themed AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker activity to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "There should be a salary cap for celebrities like athletes and actors."

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Directions:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
2. Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
3. An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
4. Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

What's Included:

• A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20-speed philosophical chairs college-themed debate statements
• Preview (Optional)

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AVID College Debate Activity - Speed Philosophical Chairs for Team Building: Use this college-themed AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker activity to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom as well as get students in the college spirit! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "College should be free."

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Directions:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
2. Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
3. An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
4. Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

What's Included:

• A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20-speed philosophical chairs college-themed debate statements
• A 5-minute silent timer embedded in each slide

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These AVID career research questions and one-pager worksheets with a website list are sure to Engage your students in independent or partner research about careers of their choice! It consists of 14 career-based research questions that encourage students to delve into the background of the career they are interested in learning about, a one-pager to apply their learning, and a list of appropriate websites they can use for their research! Great for sub plans!

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What's Included:

• 14 Career Research Questions
• One pager with prompts to apply their learning
• Website list to guide students in their research

Benefits:

• Engages AVID students in meaningful career research
• Helps students develop critical thinking and research skills
• Can be used as part of a career research project or throughout the year
• Perfect for sub plans or independent work

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Are you looking for an engaging Reindeer in Disguise Take Home or Class College Research Project for your AVID students this Christmas season? This how-to disguise a Reindeer hands-on, interactive project is the perfect engaging twist on your college research projects! You can print or use the digital template and allow students to copy and paste images to disguise their reindeer in Google Slides.

Christmas will be here soon and the reindeer are getting nervous for their duties! Our students will be able to help keep them safe and away from all their stressful duties. Your students will love creating and writing about their reindeer and the college that it hides at to stay in disguise.

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Directions:

• Print out the reindeer template or use the digital template provided.
• Students will color or cut-out designs, use construction paper and crafts to disguise their reindeer OR find digital images to copy and paste to the digital reindeer.
• Students disguise their reindeer in college gear from the college they are interested in researching.
• Students then answer the 18 college research questions about the college of their choice.
• Lastly, students write a story naming their reindeer and describing a day in the life of their first day of college as he/she hides from their Santa duties. Their paper should also include 5 pieces of information from your college research.

What is included in this product?

• Reindeer Template (Printable or Digital)
• Project Requirements
• Career Research Websites List
• 18 Career Research Questions
• "I am NOT a reindeer" writing pages

Your students will love getting creative with this fun Reindeer in Disguise Writing Craft.

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Leap Year 2024 | Leap Day Activity | Do We Need Leap Year Socratic Seminar: In this Mini Socratic Seminar and Lesson students will mark the text of an article about Leap Year and why we have them. Then they will have a Socratic Seminar in small groups in order to discuss the essential question, “What is a leap year and is it a necessity?”

By the end of this Socratic Seminar, your students will have a deep understanding of what a Leap Year is and how to mark a text to prepare for a successful Socratic Seminar. Use this AVID Mini Socratic Seminar Lesson to increase dialogue and engagement in your classroom!

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What's Included:

• Lesson Plan with a walkthrough of all the slides and a video overview and explanation.
• What is a Leap Year Article- google doc which includes a transcript for students to mark their text and come up with questions in the margins for the Seminar. They will also add an essential question at the top, asummary at the bottom, and fill out the embedded vocabulary chart.
• Google slides- go over the lesson and discuss the process of a Socratic Seminar. The slides include embedded links for students to follow along and access required documents.
• Participant Reflection- a digital Google Sheets document for students to summarize and reflect what they learned through the Seminar.

Directions:

• Students will discuss prior knowledge they share about leap years
• Students will read the provided article and follow directions in the slides to mark the text
• Students will highlight unknown words and add these words and their definitions to their embedded vocabulary chart in the article text
• Students will come up with questions for the Socratic Seminar using Costa's Level of Thinking.
• Students will meet with a partner to clarify any confusion.
• Students will summarize the text by answering the EQ in 3-5 sentences.
• Students will review the protocol for Socratic Seminars.
• Students will use their questions and provided sentence stems to have dialogue in the Seminar.
• Students will complete a participant checklist to reflect on the seminar.

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This AVID team-building card game is the perfect icebreaker for students who want to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and interactive way. Designed for use in a classroom or group setting, this card game challenges players to give a 1-minute speech about a topic using the card they draw. This engaging activity not only helps students build their public speaking confidence but also teaches them valuable skills in communication and creative thinking!

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, Fishbowl Speeches is the perfect choice!

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How to Play Fishbowl Speeches

• Place the 25 different topics into a container and mix them up to ensure random selection.
• Ask a student to select a topic from the container and read it out loud.
• Allow 30 seconds for the student to brainstorm the content and delivery of their speech. Provide one minute for the student to present their answer to the question or topic.

What's Included

• Directions page
• 25 Topics
• blank cards to write your own words

Example topics

Persuade everyone in the class to give you a dollar

Should colleges use only SAT®/ACT® scores for admissions?

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The Big Game - Sunday Bowl College Research and One-Pager: Empower your students to explore the academic journey of their favorite football player, enhancing critical research skills and fostering a deeper connection to the game! This resource includes clear directions, a curated list of reputable college research websites, and a one-pager template with step-by-step instructions.

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What's Included:

• Directions page
• Website list for college research
• One-pager with instructions
• Blank one-pager template

Directions:

• Students select a player from one of the two teams in this year’s game and create a one-pager college research report on the college their selected player attended.
• Everybody will do a different player, but they might research the same college if two players attended the same one.
• Students will use the one-pager instructions page for paper set up and use the blank page to add their information.

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Enhance team collaboration and communication with this AVID Partner Interview Introductions Form. This is a perfect icebreaker and team building activity where students have the opportunity to get to know each other while practicing public speaking skills. Simply print the Google Doc and give hard copies to students, or share the Google Doc with students electronically.

Interview introductions are a great way to break the ice with a new group of students. This excersize has them finding out about each other and then introducing the person they interviewed to the entire class or to smaller groups. It is a lot less threatening to talk about someone else rather than yourself!

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Directions

• Divide your class into pairs.

• Each person interviews the other. The information gained forms a brief introduction speech they'll present to the class OR to smaller groups.

• Establish a time limit for the interviews. 10 minutes works well. Keep track of the time and call change at the halfway point, 5 minutes, to ensure both people get an opportunity to be interviewed and to interview.

• When students present the introduction may begin like this: "This is Mary and she was named after her mother..." and the students will go through each answer by presenting it like a speech.

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Looking for an engaging and fun way to help your AVID (or any content area) students build team building and public speaking skills? Look no further than our AVID team building and public speaking card game! Whether you're looking to encourage creativity, boost confidence, or foster teamwork, this AVID team-building and public speaking card game is the perfect choice for your classroom.

With this innovative card game, students will draw a card featuring a unique image and then have the opportunity to present a 1-2 minute commercial for their group, with the freedom to be as silly or serious as they want.

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What's Included:

• Directions page
• 90 commercial image cards
• blank cards to write your own words or images

Directions:

• Print, cut, and laminate the 90 image cards provided.
• Put the picture cards into a box or non-see through bag.
• Put students in groups of 4-6.
• Player draws a card and has 30 seconds to prepare a commercial for the item drawn.
• The commercial should only be 1-2 minutes, silly or serious!

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Enhance classroom engagement and critical thinking with this AVID Speed Philosophical Chairs Reflection resource. This comprehensive tool, available in both color and black-and-white versions, is designed to guide students through a thoughtful post-activity reflection.

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Directions:

• Explore your students' perspectives as they share their top three favorite discussion topics
• Students reflect on challenges and strengths faced during the activity
• They articulate valuable insights gained.
• Additionally, students can recognize and appreciate their peers by identifying three classmates who significantly contributed to the dialogue.
• Lastly, students will rate their participation by coloring in the stars!

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AVID Learner Survey Freebie Printable Worksheet: Get to know where your students are with AVID skill using this free AVID survey. This activity is perfect for assessing their organizational and study skills, goal-setting skills, time management, participation in discussions and more!

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What's Included

• 1 free PDF printable

Survey Prompts

• I am a great focused note-taker in my classes
• I set long term and short term goals and track them
• I am comfortable participating in discussions and debates
• I know how to study for tests
• I keep my binder very organized and can easily find what I need
• I know how to manage my time wisely
• I am great at using an agenda or planner and keep up with it
• I feel supported by my AVID teacher and classmates

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Boost student engagement with this AVID WICOR Strategies and Activities List! Designed for ALL grade levels, these quick, 5-minute activities support critical thinking, collaboration, and writing skills. Perfect for implementing inquiry-based learning and increasing student participation in under five minutes!

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AVID Video Guide Activity - Printable Template: Unlock the secrets to effective note-taking with this comprehensive video guide. Students will learn to follow a structured template that enhances their note-taking skills. Use for Ted Talks, movie days, video presentations and more!

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Directions and What's Included in the Template:

• Simply Print and go!
• Students will write a one-sentence summary that encapsulates the essence of the video, providing a quick overview of the content.
• Students will explore three key events or topics covered in detail, gaining insights that will elevate their understanding.
• They will write high-level questions to stimulate critical thinking, encouraging deeper engagement with the material.
• They will enhance their vocabulary with three essential words highlighted in the video, fostering a richer academic language.
• Finally, students express their feedback by rating the video with a color-coded star system,
• This template is available in both color and black-and-white versions for your convenience.

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This AVID Career Clusters lesson and digital activity has everything you need to teach the different career clusters and allow students to apply their learning! Students can take focused notes over the career cluster teach slides and then they will play a game as they decide which career cluster they prefer through "This or That!"

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Directions:

• After students learn the 16 career clusters provided in the slides, allow them to debate as they process and think about their futures in a specific career cluster with the this or that game!
• Students will either hold a thumb or 2 fingers to show which career cluster they prefer. OR make it interactive and allow students to choose a side of the room and turn it into a debate!

What do you get?

✏️16 career cluster pictures and question slides

✏️16 career cluster teach slides

✏️15 this or that slides

Career Clusters Covered:

✏️Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

✏️Architecture & Construction

✏️Arts, A/V Technology & Communications

✏️Business Management & Administration

✏️Education & Training

✏️Finance

✏️Government & Public Administration

✏️Health Science

✏️Hospitality & Tourism

✏️Human Services

✏️Information Technology

✏️Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

✏️Manufacturing

✏️Marketing

✏️Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

✏️Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

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