Thursday, August 13, 2026

Connecting to one of the articles

AVID 11


Things on the to-do list:
  1. Final Iron Chef Syllabus presentations.
  2. Watch more of the introduction video.
  3. Complete the knowledge check while watching to introduction video.
  4. Read and annotate the article you chose for your first essay.
    1. How is this narrative a counterstory?
    2. How is this narrative intersectional?
    3. How can you connect with these Counterstories of others, if at all?
  5. Go to Google Classroom and find the writing prompt for today.

What is due soon:
  1. Knowledge check
What is coming up:
  1. Graphic Organizer due by Sun. 8/23 at 11:59PM
  2. Thesis Statement due by Thurs. 8/27 at 11:59PM
  3. Full Outline due by Sat. 8/29 at 11:59PM
  4. Introduction Paragraph due by Sun. 8/30 at 11:59PM
  5. Body Paragraph due by Wed. 9/2 at 11:59PM
  6. Full Rough Draft due by Thurs. 9/3 at 11:59PM; Peer Reviews due by Sun. 9/6 at 11:59PM
  7. Final Draft due by Sun. 9/13 at 11:59PM

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Five Articles

AVID 11


Things on the to-do list:
  1. Iron Chef Syllabus presentations.
  2. Watch more of the introduction video.
  3. Essay #1 activity:
    1. Read the five articles.
    2. Annotate them based on my instructions.
    3. Choose which article to use for your essay.
    4. Write a journal entry about the article and how you can connect it to your life.

What is due soon:

What is coming up:

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Filling Out Your Planner

AVID 11




Things on the to-do list:
  1. Iron Chef Syllabus presentations.
  2. Submit screenshot that you completed the checkin discussion.
  3. Watch 7 minutes of welcome video (2x speed)
  4. Highlight syllabus due dates for big assignments
  5. Add assignments and reading schedule for Sherman Alexie book (each half is 115 pages).
  6. Fill out your agenda completely for this week.
    1. All English assignments
    2. All History assignments.

What is due soon:

What is coming up:

Monday, August 10, 2026

Iron Chef Syllabus

AVID 11


Things on the to-do list:
  1. Iron Chef Syllabus group activity.
  2. Look at the English C-1000 work for this week.

What is due soon:

What is coming up: