Read it. Write it. Own it.
The AVID Readers
Joliet Central High School · The class library
English 2, AVID 11, and AVID 12 notes, tools, and games, all on one shelf. Check out a class to get started.
Words we are mastering: Allusion · Repetition · Metaphor · Refutation · Hyperbole · Defiant diction · Hopeful diction
Check out a class
Every class has its own shelf of notes, tools, and games.
Call no. ENG 2 · Grade 10
English 2
Rhetorical analysis, Fahrenheit 451, synthesis, research, and poetry, with notes, templates, and games.
Call no. AVID 11 · Grade 11
AVID 11
Tutorials, binder routines, and your first real college research.
Call no. AVID 12 · Grade 12
AVID 12
Pathways, applications, scholarships, and letters of recommendation.
This week in class
Week 12 · November 2 to 6
English 2
Essential question
How does society influence the way individuals think and behave?
Due this week
Review your Unit 1 summative feedback on Formative, and read to page 21 of Fahrenheit 451 by Monday.
AVID 11
Essential question
How can I support my peers by sharing my chapter’s information?
Due this week
Keep your notes updated for this week’s notes check.
AVID 12
Essential question
What steps move me toward submitting a complete college application?
Due this week
First research checkpoint for the Scholarship Research Project is Friday, November 6.
Practice Lab
Name that device. Fix a broken quote. Build a sentence from its five jobs. Short games that make the work stick, with nothing saved or sent anywhere.
Grab and go
The templates students ask for most.
English 2
SOAPSTone Organizer
Break any speech into Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone.
English 2
Rhetorical Analysis Outline
A thesis frame and a model body paragraph for analyzing a speech.
AVID 12
College & Scholarship Tracker
Keep colleges, deadlines, and scholarship applications in one spreadsheet.
