Avid 6th Grade

How can the successful use of the GROW 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

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

How does long term goal setting help you to create an academic plan?

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

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

• to create a daily outline that allows you to recognize assignment due dates.

• to build your portfolio of course work examples to share with your parents at an AVID parent night.

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 about the pre-algebra course. What action step below 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 into the pre-algebra course.

• Carefully review 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.

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

• Drama Club

• Chorus

• Student Council

How can nonverbal communication improve a speech?

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

• Raising the volume level 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.

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 plan and structure their writing to outline information about the 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.

The sentences of a paragraph work together for a single purpose and focus to describe a setting, character, or situation. Read the paragraph below to determine which sentence does NOT belong in the paragraph.

• “The tall evergreens tower over the fields of thick, green grass that flows down the mountainsides.”

• “The green of the trees and grass is so powerful that even if I shut my eyes, I can still see the green.”

• “Even though there are many colorful flowers blooming this time of year, it is the green that dominates the view from the mountaintop.”

• “Bees love colorful flowers.”

Your Science teacher has asked you to find a synonym for the word happy. Where can you find this new word?

• dictionary

• glossary

• text book

• thesaurus

Which is not an example of a text feature?

• Illustration

• Bold print

• Caption

• Summarizing the text