Strategies Practiced or Suggested During the Course

1. Knowledge Treasure Hunt
Students have completed some sort of pre-assessment (perhaps an opinionaire?) and are each given one sample card and the worksheet. Each card contains a subtopic of the subject being studied. It also contains an example for that topic. Students add another example (preferably personal), then move about the room, talking one on one with the other students, sharing their examples. They record on the worksheet the examples they receive. The teacher moves around, first checking student-generated examples for relevance (and appropriateness), then listening to student-sharing.

2. Think, Pair-Share

3. Teach CORE CONCEPTS of words first before teaching features that distinguish one word from another.

4. Round Robin Writing (3-12) There is heading on each of several papers. The student writes for a set amount of them (2 minutes, if desired), and then passes the paper on to the next student. Each student has an opportunity to write about all of the topics.

5. Inside/Outside Circle