Using Organizers to model how to complete/write assignments with a specific format/structure in mind.
Simon Says regarding following directions.
Annotate assignment and CFU questions
Given an outline of a presentation, students need to provide additional research and present in front of the class without adding more information in slides. option to also change visuals.
student are given a passage with errors. Provided with the number of errors found, students need to make changes.
or
given a paragraph that sounds complex, try to rewrite it so that middle schoolers can understand it.
Credit/No Credit
Same for other worksheet assignments, but have classroom opportunities for corrections
Brick and Mortar style worksheets
Exit Ticket: students design a quiz/review question
I am the parent of a person who needs treatment. You know that CRISPR is an experimental treatment that could be used to help my child's condition. Create a presentation that would convince me that the experimental treatment is the best method compared to current treatment.
End year with Final Exam. Allow notes at the cost of 90% max
Use Gradient on Canvas to set up MC questions (cumulative)
Allow students up to 3 retakes.
Consider using Gradient for quizzes also; removes need of electronics.
2 Part exams, MC/True&False, and other questions. Each worth 50% of the exam grade.
Students are a tour guide of a plant and animal cell, and need to "map out" a path to explore both a plant and animal cell, and see all the organelles, and explain their function.
Visiting an ecosystem and describing its various characteristics
teacher is head of a committee that provides fundings for species that are going extinct. Project is to design a presentation and present paper to convince me that the selected species is worth saving.
The teacher is a client; students will complete a research assignment where both documents and presentation will be required. Note that presentation will require minimal text and emphasize visuals.
You are to design a presentation to aliens explaining what earth is, its values environmentally and its resources, what lead to its current conditions, and why the aliens should not take control and solve its problems.
Modeling Styles
3 Layers:
Essential Question
Base Pictorial Layout (type indicated below)
Explanation elements within template
Gotta-have checklists
Lines and spaces for written explanations
prompting questions
keys to indicate agreed-upon modeling conventions
Avoid worksheety paper, but also setting stage for student-driven modeling by not having blank paper.
Before
During
After
Essential Question Template:
What is happening during these stages to __________________ (process)?
How does ___________ change over time?
Why did ________ happen?
Why did _________ stop happening?
Why did ________________ happen in an unexpected way?
Usually includes time Increments
Divides paper into side-by-side panels for a contrast between cases representing phenomenon that can occur in different ways or can cause different effects depending on the situation.
Essential Question Template:
How does ____________ compare with ___________?
If ______ happens in this case, why not in the other?
Why were _____________ and ____________ affected by ______________ differently?
Provide context
Single image
Significant white space for students to add ideas of what is happening.
Essential Question Template:
What is a solution to ___________?
What is happening here?
How does ___________ work?
Why can ___________ occur?