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Updating Old Questions

I dug up some of the old questions I asked my students and re-wrote them as scaffolded sequences of tasks rather than single questions.

Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

Part 1: Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

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I update an old question about conflict and character change in the story Hatchet.

 Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

Part 2: Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

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How I’d update a low-level, overly engaging math question.

 Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

Part 3: Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

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Naming the genre is step one. But what comes after that? Here’s how to push students past identification into real analysis.

 Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

Part 4: Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

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How I’d upgrade a dull “which one is better” question.

 Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

Part 5: Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

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How I’d break down and rebuild a task about judging a volcano.

 Go Beyond “Identify Figurative Language”

Part 6: Go Beyond “Identify Figurative Language”

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So students can identify a simile, metaphor, and hyperbole. What next?

 Don’t Make A Mere Model!

Part 7: Don’t Make A Mere Model!

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This task is all about the product, but completely ignores how students will think.

 From “Too Many Choices” To “One Quality Task”

Part 8: From “Too Many Choices” To “One Quality Task”

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Fixing an under-developed (but interesting) task that was originally part of a choice menu.