Advisory syllabus with Ms.

Hernandez
Contact information
Email: B.hernandez@newvillagegirlsacademy.org
Phone/text: (323) 387-3821
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/38Ws1S3

Contact me if you are going to be late to class or if you

need help or guidance.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
world- Nelson Mandela

COURSE GOALS EXPECTATIONS

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LEARN: the content & develop critical thinking skills ❏ Try your best

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CONNECT: Find relevance in the world and to your life ❏ Be willing to learn

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today ❏ Believe in yourself

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ENJOY: Have fun and enjoy coming to class
❏ Do not give up
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TECHNOLOGY: Acquire technological skills to be
❏ Ask questions
future ready
ADVENTURES: Go places! Continue your learning ❏ Make good choices
outside our classroom walls
CIVICS: Develop a sense of what it means to be a
civically responsible citizen

Grade breakdown
● Exhibition presentation is worth
20%
● Research is worth 20%
● Essay is worth 20%
● Weekly notebooks/journals is
worth 20%
● Participation is worth the final
20%

Class breakdown
Week 1 8/16- 8/20 All Advisory, all the time! Introduction and protocols
 Week 2 8/23- 8/27 Getting back to business: Resumes/elevator pitch

Week 3 8/30- 9/3 Internship prep/Imblaze

Week 4 9/6- 9/10 What is an exhibition? Expectations and launch

Week 5 9/13- 9/17 Research design: Essential question

Week 6 9/20- 9/24 Setting up your project

Week 7 9/27- 10/1 Social Justice project: What is important to you?

Week 8 10/4- 10/8 The research begins

Week 9 10/11- 10/15 Exhibition research continues

Week 10 10/18- 10/22 Writing a first draft

Week 11 10/25- 10/29 Read and review

Week 12 11/1- 11/5 How to give good criticism/take criticism

Week 13 11/8- 11/12 Writing a second draft

Week 14 11/15- 11/19 What’s my final product?

Week 15 11/22- 11/26 Thanksgiving break!

Week 16 11/29- 12/3 Final touches and mock presentations

Week 17 12/6- 12/10 Exhibition week 1: Present your work

Week 18 12/13- 12/17 Exhibition week 2: Present your work

I’m absent. What should I do?

1. Contact Ms. Hernandez- either by texting, calling or email her.
2. Check google classroom- all assignments will be posted ahead of time on google
classroom.
3. Physical copies will be available in your classroom file folder
4. You’ll have an additional week to complete assignments*