Unit Overview
Ready to GROW as a Powerful Scholar launches AVID Excel scholars into a year of growth by establishing the foundational skills, mindsets, and behaviors essential for language acceleration and academic success. Through community building, language development, and the introduction of key AVID Excel strategies, scholars begin to understand their roles as learners. The unit fosters a classroom culture rooted in collaboration, responsibility, and college and career readiness, while cultivating confidence in communication, goal setting, and scholarly habits.
Unit Considerations and Preparation
Before teaching this unit...
- Familiarize yourself with the AVID Excel Foundations of Instruction.
- Familiarize yourself with the AVID College and Career Readiness Framework in AVID Excel.
- Review the topics and lessons to plan the pacing and delivery of instruction based on scholars’ language proficiency and academic skills.
- Review each lesson, select the resource format (Microsoft, Google, or interactive PDF), and prepare them for display and/or distribution.
- Review the lessons to prepare resources and supplies.
- Consider which AVID Excel scaffolds and routines might be used to supplement instruction.
Essential Questions
- What strategies can I use to be a powerful scholar?
- How can developing scholarly habits improve my academic success?
- How does a powerful scholar communicate?
