6th Grade AVID Baseline Exam By Benchmark

AV.6.CD.1.1 How can the successful use of the SLANT method in all classes influence a student's grade point average?

• grades will tend to be below average

• grades will tend to be above average

• grades will remain the same

• grades will continually change

AV.6.CD.2.1 A student earned the following grades in the first marking period: A, B, B, C, C, D

What is their grade point average?

• 1.5

• 2.0

• 2.5

• 3.0

AV.6.CD.2.2 What does the academic six-year plan help you to do?

• organize the courses needed in middle and high school so that you can be accepted into a four-year university

• to map out all of the after-school activities needed to be accepted into a four-year college or university

• to create a plan that allows you to select the colleges and universities that you are thinking about attending

• to build your portfolio of course work examples to share with your AVID teachers in grades 7-12

AV.6.CD.2.4 A sixth-grade AVID student has set a goal to be accepted into the pre-algebra class for seventh grade. The student's plan includes increasing their math grades and becoming more knowledgeable able the pre-algebra course. What action step should NOT be included on their list to achieve this goal?

• Read about the pre-algebra course description in the student handbook.

• Talk to the math teacher about the requirements needed to be selected for the pre-algebra course.

• Carefully reviewing math notes and create the most challenging questions to bring to tutorials.

• Find out which pre-algebra teacher that he/she would like to get next year.

AV.6.CD.3.1 AVID students are encouraged to become involved in school and community activities. While there are many activities to choose from, which activity below is an opportunity to increase your role as a leader?

• Art Club

• Glee Club

• Office Helper

• Student Council

AV.6.COMM.1.1 What is the difference between enunciation and pronunciation?

• Enunciation is making a visual connection with the audience and pronunciation is using movement while speaking.

• Enunciation is communication ideas through facial expression and pronunciation is using our hands while we speak.

• Enunciation is clearly saying the sounds in words and pronunciation is speaking words as they were meant to be spoken.

• Enunciation is monitoring pacing while speaking and pronunciation is monitoring the volume of speaking.

AV.6.COMM.1.4 How can nonverbal communication improve speech?

• Friendly facial expressions and eye contact help make the speech more entertaining.

• Raising the volume while speaking makes it easier to hear the speaker.

• Pronouncing each word clearly makes it easier to understand what is being said.

• Being a good speaker makes it easier to follow the entire speech from beginning to end.

AV.6.WRI.1.1 During the writing process, what should happen during the prewriting stage?

• The writer should consider the high level of vocabulary they want to use while writing

• The writer should write what they know and what they need to know about a topic.

• The writer should take the opportunity to make as many revisions as needed.

• The writer should take the opportunity to edit errors in grammar.

AV.6.WRI.2.2 Your English teacher has asked you to find a synonym for the word happy. Where can you find this new word?

• dictionary

• glossary

• textbook

• thesaurus

AV.6.REA.1.1 Read the sentence below. What does the word endure mean?

"The farmer worried would his cattle endure the severe winter?"

• enjoy

• freeze

• perish

• survive