Worksheets6th Grade AVID Baseline Exam By Benchmark
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
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
AV.6.REA.2.2 The following paragraph is an excerpt from "Jack and the Beanstalk: written by Joseph Jacobs. Read the paragraph to determine the main idea.
When Jack woke up, the room looked so funny. The sun was shining into part of it, and yet all the rest was quite dark and shady. So Jack jumped up and dressed himself and went to the window. And what do you think he saw? The beans his mother had thrown out of the window into the garden had grown up into a big beanstalk which went up and up and up until it reached the sky!
Jack can dress very quickly
Jack is disappointed the room was dark
Jack's mother threw the beans into the garden
Jack is surprised the beans grew into a large stalk
AV.6.REA.2.3 Marking the Text during reading requires you to underline the author's claims. Why is underlining the author's claim an important step?
This helps you read faster
This helps you to identify the main points
This helps you to review your notes
This helps you focus on other things
AV.6.INQ.1.1 Which question represents a Costa's Level 3 Question?
Who is the author of this poem?
What is the main idea of this poem?
Pretend you are the main character in your favorite story. How would you rewrite the ending to express your point of view?
Explain the author's point of view. What information in the text supports your explanation?
AV.6.INQ.2.1 What is the purpose of collaborating during tutorials?
to get the correct answer
to ask each other questions
to review Cornell notes
to study for a test
AV.6.COLL.1.2What is the correct rule to follow during Philosophical Chairs?
Listen carefully when others speak and try to understand their point of view even if you do not agree with it.
You can speak as often as you wish without waiting for someone else to speak.
Stay seated at all times.
Do not share your opinions.
AV.6.ORG.2.4 After taking notes in class, what is the first step you should follow to improve them?
Write a summary of the notes
Write some questions about the notes
Complete your heading at the top of the page
Read and revise notes
AV.6.ORG.2.5 For homework, you have just completed reading and revising your Cornell notes that you took today in science class. What do you need to do next?
Define the important vocabulary discussed in class.
Identify the main ideas and write a summary at the bottom.
Identify the main ideas and write questions about them in the left column.
Compare the science notes you took today to the notes you took yesterday.
AV.6.ORG.2.6 Why do we write summaries for our Cornell notes?
to identify the most important detail
to review the new vocabulary
to connect the big ideas and answer the essential question
to answer and explain just one question in the left column.
6.AO.W.7 What is the main difference between a reflection and a summary in your notes?
A reflection is shorter than a summary
A reflection is needed for each page of Cornell notes, but not a summary
A summary must be complete sentences
A reflection uses personal opinions and a summary does not.
6.AP.C.1 If you are a student presenter in tutorials, what 2 things do you need to tell your group after you write your question on the board.
Your name and the subject your question is from.
What you know about your problem and point of confusion.
What page the problem is from and if you have notes
How to solve the problem and the answer
6.AP.1.4 What should NOT be included in a tutorial reflection
How the learning was meaningful
What your point of confusion was
The steps to solve the problem
Other problems like this one that you know how to solve
6.AP.1.1 According to Costa's Levels of Thinking, which question is an example of a level 2 question?
What is the definition of the word postulate?
Name the elements that make up water?
Pretend you are on the ship the Mayflower. How do you think you would feel sailing to a new country?
Compare and contrast vertebrates and invertebrates?
6.AP.0.1.a What two items should be written in your agenda every class, every day.
The date and assignment
The topic you are learning and the homework
The essential question and homework
Major projects and materials needed
6.SA.SE.9.A A successful student displays "SLANT" in their classes. What is a positive example of the "A" in SLANT?
Asking what time the class is over
Asking why you have to do the assignment
Asking to go to the nurse
Asking questions related to the topic
6.OK.ACP.2a Why is it important to know your GPA?
To determine if you are eligible to play a school sport
To have an academic goal for yourself and track your progress
To know if you are meeting the requirements to stay in AVID
All of the above
6.AP.C.8 When using Public Speaking skills, what is not an example of eye contact?
Using index cards to read from
Making a visual connection with your audience
Looking at individuals in the audience to maintain their attention
Glancing at specific people in the audience to acknowledge them
6.AP.C.8 The act of moving body parts as a means of expression during Public Speaking is an example of what?
Articulation
Pacing
Dictation
Hand Gestures
6.AP.C.1 Collaboration is taught and expected in AVID. Collaboration is teamwork with shared responsibility. Which of the following the best example of collaboration?
A group of four students completing a math worksheet and letting each other copy answers
A group of ten students completing a jigsaw puzzle
A group of five students assigning roles to create a final project and presentation for the History Fair
A group of four students watching one student create a clay model for Science
6.SA.SE.1.b In AVID, we write for many purposes. Which of the following does not represent an AVID writing strategy?
Learning logs
Summaries
Cornell notes
Cursive writing practice
What is not an example of volunteer hours an AVID student can submit?
Homeless shelter
Animal shelter
Helping out in an after-hours drama class
A part-time job at a daycare
6.AP.1.1 According to Costa's Level of Thinking, which question is not a level 3 question?
Identify and label all of the bones in the human body
Imagine you are on a deserted island. What would you need to survive and why?
Pretend you are the main character in the book "Where the Red Fern Grows." How would you react to the death of your dog?
Right after you finish a test in class, what test-taking skill should you complete?
Review the last test you took in class
Write a reflection of what was easy and difficult for the test
Talk to your teacher about your previous test grades
Make a list of what will be on the next test
AV.6. CR.2.2 You are attending an AVID College field trip and listening to the college president. Why is it important to listen carefully?
to practice asking higher-level questions
to practice listening to and speaking with adults
to gather as much information about the college as possible
What does the "T" stand for in SLANT?
Track the speaker
Track the clock
Think about the answer
Thoughtfully answer each question
What is an example of a SMART goal?
Reorganize all of my supplies and clean out my loose papers.
Update my resource section and replace old handouts
Increase the number of Cornell notes that I am taking by two per class and record all of my homework assignments at the end of the school day or when I get home.
