by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Using Media to Generate a Topic This activity is used when students need to generate a topic for a writing assignment or project. It is most useful when the topic choice is fairly open-ended. By exploring a range of media, students explore and identify topics that...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Showing not Telling This activity helps to enliven students’ writing by teaching them to SHOW what is happening and how characters are feeling rather than drily reporting the facts. It helps writers and readers to experience stories with their senses rather than just...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
THIEVES This activity guides students to preview a text effectively by drawing their attention to important textual elements, and helping them to make predictions and anticipate meaning. Students use the acronym THIEVES, which stands for: T: Title, H: Headings, I:...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Spider Maps This activity helps students to become familiar with key concepts or events from a text or a unit of study, and to categorize these concepts or events as either main ideas or supporting details. CONTENT AREA ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies LEARNING...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Mind Mapping Mind mapping is a structured activity through which students identify and solidify associations among words and concepts, and work to organize their associations into structures. By connecting and structuring their related knowledge, students develop a...
