Strategies
Strategy: Cause/Event/Effect Statements
This strategy helps students analyze evidence surrounding an event.
- Place an event statement in the center of a page.
- Jot notes above the statement on what caused or led up to that event.
- Jot notes below the statement on the effect/what happened as a result of that event.
For example:
Causes: jot notes providing causes/ what led up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Event Statement: Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Effects: jot notes providing what happened as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Strategy: Go To Your Corner
This strategy allows students to look at more than one option in answering a question or more than one example of an element of writing.
- A question, quote, word, illustration, piece of work, etc. is placed in each corner of the room.
- A question is given to students. (For ex., which word best describes the main character? Which quote best fits the theme of this story/unit?)
- Students walk around the room, choose one answer, and stay in that corner.
- Students in each corner discuss why they have chosen the representation in that corner and provide a summary statement to the class on their choice.
Strategy: I Notice – Looking at Illustrations
This strategy encourages students to slow down, make critical observations, and learn to make jot notes.
- Provide students with a photo or illustration.
- Ask:
- What do you notice, what appears to be happening here?
- What techniques has the artist/photographer used to invoke meaning?
- What reactions do you have when looking at this photo/illustration?
- What questions do you have about this photo/illustration?
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