AVID TRF

On the day of the TUTORIAL, your TUTOR will collect all group members' TRF's. The TUTOR will GRADE your prework beforeTRF during the TUTORIAL.

Notice that the TRF is a 25 Point assignment.

• You get 12 Points for Pre-work.
• 1 Point for bringing the right Resources.
• 2 Points for Collaborative Inquiry.
• 3 Points for Note-Taking during the tutorial.
• and 7 Points for completing the Reflection on the back of the TRF from.

The pre-work is worth 12 Points and includes:

• Initial Question (1 Pt)
• Key Vocabulary (2 Pt)
• What I Know (2 Pt)
• Critical Thinking (3 Pt)
• General Process or Steps (2 Pt)
• Question from POC (2 Pt)

Initial/Original Question:

Your initial question comes directly from book, quiz/test, notes, etc.

• As I review my resources (Cornell Notes, textbook, class work, homework, quizzes, or tests) what is something that I don't understand?
• How can I simplifiy and explain this question in my own words?

The initial question is worth 1 Point

Key Academic Vocabulary/Definition Associated With Topic/Question:

Next, list vocabulary that you need to understand.

Make sure you DEFINE those words.

Can you put those definitions in your own words?

Key Academic Vocabulary WITH Definition

is worth 2 Points

What I Know About My Question:

What do you know about your initial question?

What concept does it remind you of?

How can you begin to organize this information?

Can you connect this concept to prior knowledge from this content area or another subject?

Can you make a prediction about a reasonable answer?

This is worth 2 Points

Identify General Process and Steps:

Tell the the steps to what you know.

What can you show that you can apply to a similar problem?

Critical Thinking about Initial Question:

Show your thinking here.

What can you show about your question?

How do you plan to approach this question? What strategies will you use?

Can you work backwards?

Have you done a similar problem/question? What steps did you take to solve it?

Can you break the question down to smaller parts? If so, what would they be?

Is there a reliable website or other resource you can use to support you in your learning?

This is worth 3 Points

This is worth 2 Points

If, during the process, you've been able to answer your initial POC, pick the hardest question from your homework, write it on a sticky-note, and stick it on your TRF.

I'm proud of the work you did, and I don't want you to have to start all over.

The question on your sticky note becomes your new tutorial question.

Fake questions only waste everyone's time.

If you don't think you have a question about anything from any of your classes, then you get to dig deeper.

How can you extend your learning?

Sometimes text books will have an "Extend Your Thinking" Question--that would be perfect.

You might even ask your teacher for a harder question that uses the same process.

Question from Point of Confusion:

After having gone through this process, you should be able to narrow down your tutorial question. Use academic vocabulary to create a tutorial question based on your point of confusion.