Creating Seemingly Unrelated Analogies Want to encourage students to find unexpected connections across content? Here's a quick framework based on the most important terms from both bits of content.
Improving Identify the Figurative Language What do we do after a student can identify the type of figurative language?
Rewriting a Sentence With Different Coordinating Conjunctions The first unit in our writing program was always teaching the coordinating conjunctions. It always felt goofy teaching this to 6th graders - especially a gifted magnet class. I mean... do they really not know the difference between "and" and "but"?
Jabberwocky, Parts of Speech, and Context Clues Let's see how we can use a classic piece of poetry to enhance a lesson on parts of speech or context clues. This provides exposure to a great work and also increases the complexity of a typical task.
Improving “What’s The Chapter’s 🏛️ Big Idea?” Let's improve this bland Depth and Complexity question by getting really specific.
How *Not* To Ask Questions About A Novel These "discussion questions" highlight so many of the problems we've been looking at.
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!
Going Beyond “Challenge Words” In Spelling Many students blow past grade-level spelling and vocabulary at a young age. Unfortunately, a common technique to "challenge" them is to find harder and more obscure words for their spelling list. Instead, let's take advantage of the built-in complexity of common words with multiple-meanings.
