First we had ‘Proving Pupil Progress’ and now I am back tracking to a post I just didn’t get finished, entitled ‘Get Them Thinking.’ Perhaps more relevant to my English and PSRE classes, some of these ideas are applicable to other subject areas.
The Reverse
Name x ‘things’ or ‘actions’ or ‘thoughts’ x would never do? Very open, potentially exploitable, students must apply knowledge of the character or situation appropriately.
The What If?
List a series of consequences, to what if, statements. What if Romeo had not murdered
The Combination
Combine letters and numbers to create a secret code? Share the code with others, can be cracked?
The Variations
We understand how a character acts in a scene, story, film. Ask students ‘what else could the author have done?’
The Prediction
at a given point in the storyline, asked the students to record the prediction. At a later point come back to see how accurate these predictions were.
The Commonality
write down X points that two characters have in common.
The Answer is?
The answer is ‘respect.’ List five possible questions.
The Intervention
Invent a new piece of equipment that would resolve the situation.
The Display
On any given topic asked the students to design and created a display.
Worth a crack?
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