Strategy I: Brianstorming and Discussion
1Objective: Increase higher order thinking skills.
Activity: Students discuss how they would react if they found themselves in the same situation as a literary character or a historical figure. Ex: What would you have done if you found yourself alone in the wilderness for an extended period of time, as Brian did in he story Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen?
2Objective: Read a variety of texts
Activity: Students form interest groups and each group selects and read a text or book of interest. Students focus on the pertinent point, ask questions, and provide their personal insights on the information. They then present a summary of the information to the class. Classmates ask original questions using the question stems provided below:
Model Questions and Key Words to Use in Developing Questions
(1) Knowledge (eliciting factual answers, testing recall and recognition)
Who,What,Why,When, Where, How, How much, What does it mean
Describe, Define, Match, Select, Which one, What is the one best, Choose, Omit
(2) Comprehension (translating, interpreting, and extrapolating)
State in your own words
What does this mean
What is the function of
What is fact, opinion
What inconsistencies, fallacies are there
Summarized
Select
(3) Synthesis (combining elements into a pattern not clearly there before)
Create
Propose an alternative
State a rule
(4) Evaluation (according to some set of criteria, and state reasons for your evaluations)
Judge, Criticize, Defend, Compare
Which is more important, moral, better, logical, valid
Find the errors
appropriate, inappropriate
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Objective: Increase Vocabulary Meaning
Activity: As a new vocabulary word is introduced, students complete the word web below by brainstorming additional synonyms for the new word. Students may keep their word webs in a notebook for review and add synonyms throughout the year.
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