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DVHS Continuous School Improvement
Purpose: Improve Writing SkillsGOAL #1
WčĆę ĎĘ AVID?AVID, Advancement Via Individual
Determination, is a college
readiness system for elementary
through higher education that is
designed to increase schoolwide
learning and performance. The
AVID College Readiness System
(ACRS) accelerates student
learning, uses research based
methods of effective instruction,
provides meaningful and
motivational professional learning,
and acts as a catalyst for systemic
reformand change).
TčĊ RĊĘĊĆėĈčAVID reports that, “Since 1980,
AVID has been closely studied
by numerous research teams
and individuals. In addition to
our own data collection (see
the Data & Results page),
AVID's success has been
demonstrated by numerous
third‐party studies. In fact, the
quality of our proof is so high,
that AVID was one of eleven
organizations to receive the
highest praise for outstanding
rigorous research by Building
Engineering and Science Talent
in an April 2004 report to
Congress.”
S t e p s t o W r i t i n g a
C omp e t e n t S umma r y
 Carefully read the selection.
 Re‐read the text and mark
information that is relevant to
the reading purpose.
 Pause to connect ideas within
the text.
 Make a list of the most
important information in the
paragraph or section. Be sure
to leave out nonessential
descriptions and other
supporting details.
 Try to write one sentence that
includes all of the relevant
information in the paragraph.
If the paragraph is long, you
may need to write two
sentences.
C o n s i d e r t h e F o l l o w i n g
w h e n W r i t i n g a S umma r y
 Use your own words, except
for important content words.
 Do not include your own ideas
or comments, such as “I
think…”
 Do not repeat ideas or change
the author’s meaning.
Wh e n s umma r i z i n g t h e
w h o l e t e x t …
 Copy your summary sentences
into a paragraph and use
transitional language in order
to logically create
relationships between ideas.
 Read your paragraph. Check to
be sure that you have included
enough information so that
someone who has not read the
selection would understand
the main points. Your
summary should not be more
than one‐fourth to one‐third
the length of the original
passage.
SęėĆęĊČĞ : SĚĒĒĆėĞ WėĎęĎēČ
AVID
Want to learn more about AVID’s initiatives?
Visit AVID and the Common Core
AVID, Research. Retrieved February 24,
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