by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Costa’s Questioning This activity helps students to generate and classify questions at three levels: Gathering Information, Processing Information, Applying Information. This framework helps to expand and structure students’ questioning processes so that they...
by reDesign | Sep 30, 2020
Coding the Text This activity provides an organized and time-sensitive way for students to respond in multiple ways to a text as they are reading. By using a pre-established “code,” students indicate a variety of responses they may have to a text without significantly...
by reDesign | Sep 30, 2020
Author Interview Author Interview is an activity used to deepen readers’ understanding of character, plot, the author’s message, or theme. By questioning the author’s choices in narrative development, students consider the author’s craft and the impact it has on...
by reDesign | Sep 28, 2020
CBL Curriculum Project: High School Data For Social Change Ever wonder how the government or big companies make decisions? Do you know how the data from your smartphone is used? Data is all around us. It is used in everything from determining how effective a new...
by reDesign | May 13, 2020
Author Says, I Say, So This activity provides a highly structured way for students to identify, organize, and process their reactions to a text. It facilitates students’ ability to react meaningfully to a text, and then to draw logical conclusions based both on their...
