Talent at Risk Part 2

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From Get Off My Brain, by Randy McCutcheon, illustrated by Pete Wagner

"First grade would be all right if it weren't for the

11 sequels."

"It's a pleasant place in a lot of ways, Mom,but you wouldn't believe the paperwork."

Differentiation self checkDo teachers pretest students formally or informally? If yes, how do they use the information?Do teachers use a diversity of resources in any given unit or lesson that are more complex or geared for students in a higher gradeDo teachers tend to give more work to bright students or different work?What kinds of grouping takes place in the classroom?Are the brighter kids ever grouped together?

Self check continuedTo what degree do are the following practices used?Independent study optionsMentorshipsCurriculum compactingAccelerationHonors classesTalent development classes

IN THE CLASSROOM

What is tiering?

Whole group teaching activity with one learning outcome

Multiple levels of the learning activity levels

Postcard from Paris

We know you have been having a fun time here in Goa Please create a picture post card with a message on the back of the picture. Your writing directions are in the your envelope.

Poem

Create a poem describing the scene in your picture. Use similes and personifications to paint a vivid picture for the reader.

Descriptive paragraph

In your message, write two sentences describing the scene or some feature in your picture. Think descriptively using size, color, and texture words. Write another sentences telling the reader what the scene or some feature of the scene is similar to.

Riddle

Create a riddle about something in your picture. Use enough descriptors so the reader can visualize the scene and guess what it is. Make sure you describe the item well enough that the reader could create a sketch from your description.

Descriptive writingIn your message, write two sentences describing the scene or some feature in your picture. Think descriptively using size, color, and texture words. Write another sentences telling the reader what the scene or some feature of the scene is similar to.

Create a riddle about something in your picture. Use enough descriptors so the reader can visualize the scene and guess what it is. Make sure you describe the item well enough that the reader could create a sketch from your description.

Create a poem describing the scene in your picture. Use similes and personifications to paint a vivid picture for the reader.

Choice Boards

Creating Think Tac Toe AssignmentsUse Bloom’s TaxonomyConsider color codingThink about placement of choices.

Think Tac Toe

CharacterCharacter Write a bio-poem Write a bio-poem about yourself about yourself and another and another about a main about a main character in the character in the book so your book so your readers see how readers see how you and the you and the character are character are alike and alike and different. Be sure different. Be sure to include the to include the most important most important traits in each traits in each

poem.poem.

A character in A character in the book is being the book is being written about in written about in the paper 20 the paper 20 years after the years after the novel ends. novel ends. Write the piece. Write the piece. Where has life Where has life taken him? taken him? Why? Now, do Why? Now, do the same for the same for yourself 20 years yourself 20 years for yourself 20 for yourself 20 years from now. years from now. Make sure both Make sure both pieces are pieces are interesting, interesting, feature-type feature-type articles.articles.

You’re a You’re a “profiler”. Write “profiler”. Write and illustrate a and illustrate a full and useful full and useful profile of an profile of an interesting interesting character from character from the book with the book with emphasis on emphasis on personality traits personality traits and mode of and mode of operating. While operating. While you’re at it, you’re at it, profile yourself profile yourself too.too.

SettingSetting

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Think Tac Toe

SettingSetting Research a town Research a town or place you feel or place you feel is equivalent to is equivalent to the one in which the one in which the novel is set. the novel is set. Use maps, Use maps, sketches, and sketches, and population and population and other other demographic demographic data to help you data to help you draw draw comparisons and comparisons and

contrastscontrasts..

Make a model or Make a model or a map of a key a map of a key place in your life place in your life and of an and of an important place important place in the novel. Find in the novel. Find a way to help a way to help viewers viewers understand both understand both what the places what the places are like and why are like and why they are they are important in your important in your life and the life and the character’s life.character’s life.

The time and The time and place in which place in which people find people find themselves and themselves and in which events in which events happen shape happen shape those people and those people and evens in evens in important ways. important ways. Find a way to Find a way to convincingly convincingly prove that idea prove that idea using the book or using the book or your own life.your own life.

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Think Tac Toe

ThemeTheme Find out about Find out about famous people in famous people in history or current history or current events whose events whose experiences and experiences and lives reflect the lives reflect the essential themes essential themes of your novel. of your novel. Show us what Show us what

you’ve learnedyou’ve learned..

Create a Create a multimedia multimedia presentation fully presentation fully exploring a key exploring a key theme from the theme from the novel. Use at novel. Use at least three media least three media (ie. music, (ie. music, painting, poems, painting, poems, photography, photography, and calligraphy) . and calligraphy) . Draw at least two Draw at least two comparisons or comparisons or contrasts contrasts between themes between themes in your life & in in your life & in the novel.the novel.

Find several Find several songs you think songs you think reflect an reflect an important important message from message from the book and /or the book and /or your life. Prepare your life. Prepare an audio collage. an audio collage. Write an Write an accompanying accompanying card that helps card that helps listeners listeners understand why understand why and how you and how you think the songs think the songs express the express the book’s meaning. book’s meaning.

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