What could we do with this Wax Museum event? How one might revamp a "Wax Museum" project into something that focuses more on thinking than product.
A Playlist That Shows A Character’s Change Here's how I'd take one task from my choice board and focus on making it great!
Taking “Noting Details” To A Higher Level By 6th grade, our reading program's comprehension skills have become a bit basic for most of my gifted students. I've been working on increasing the depth and complexity of these skills. In this case, "Noting Details" has become "Explicit Vs. Implicit Details."
Exploring Morality Behind Actions No one can deny that our gifted students have great power. They may be intellectual powerhouses, grasping concepts years ahead of peers. They may be emotionally sensitive, becoming aware of issues such as mortality at an early age. They may be leaders of people, showing leadership qualities from the very beginning. How do we teach them to use this power?
Remix the Song “Help!” Students took the classic song, Help!, and rewrote it to be about their collective summers.
Don’t Just Paraphrase A Poem! What if, instead, we re-wrote the poem in the style of a different poet?
Analyzing Prefixes and Suffixes Instead of just memorizing what a bunch of morphemes mean, we're looking broadly, exploring patterns, finding unexpected similarities and weird differences.
How *Not* To Ask Questions About A Novel These "discussion questions" highlight so many of the problems we've been looking at.
