by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Poetry Connection In this activity, inspired by Burke’s The English Teacher’s Companion (1998), students will bring in a poem that relates to issues or ideas in the unit of study. Students will work in groups to compare and contrast their poems. The purpose of this...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Questioning the Author This activity helps students to connect the content of a text with the author’s perspective and intention, and in doing so to develop a richer understanding and appreciation of the text. This process helps students to evaluate an author’s...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Role-Play In a role-play, students adopt a fictional persona and they act out a simulated situation. When studying literature, students usually role-play by acting as a character in a story, but role-play is a flexible learning tool that can also be adapted for many...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
The Action-Feelings-Setting Strategy Action Feelings Setting is a strategy for planning and executing writing that helps students to focus on critical elements of a story and to include important and engaging elements. It can be used to plan new writing and also to...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Text Feature Grid This activity develops awareness of the many textual features that may be present in different types of texts, and helps students to draw meaning from these text features. When students are aware of the presence and role of a variety of text...
