by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Draw-Label-Caption This activity, where students draw and label a key scene in a text, works well as a pre-writing activity, and also as a reading comprehension activity. It helps students to develop a detailed visualization of a setting, and to attach words to the...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
In this activity students will preview a text and develop questions they think might be answered in the text. They will then see if the text answers their questions. The purpose of this activity is for students to anticipate what they will read and to generate...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
QAR This activity helps students to structure the asking of different types of questions about a text. “QAR” stands for “Question-Answer Relationship,” and it is a way of conceptualizing the different types of questions students may ask about a text. CONTENT AREA ELA,...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Town Hall Circle In this activity, adapted from Facing History and Ourselves, students will participate in a structured discussion. The purpose of the town hall circle is to provide a space for students to share different perspectives. The activity can work with any...
by reDesign | Oct 3, 2020
Save the Last Word In this activity, adapted from Short, Harste, & Burke’s Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers (1996), students will read a text and select five statements that they think are important to discuss. On index cards, the students will write...
