Ultimate Lunker Fishing:

Strategies for Hooking the

BIG ONE!

Where Do You Begin?

• Start small• Using the test that we took at the beginning, look

at what you already do• Prepare your students and classroom• Think through task in advance • Managing Directions– Use task cards at each station

• Keeping Track of Progress– Use Work logs– Keep work in hanging file folder or plastic bins/folders

Planning Challenging Tasks for the Gifted Learner

Knowledge•Worm • Pole Fishing

Comprehension• Chicken livers & Stink bait • Pole fishing

Application• Spinner bait• Rod & Reel Fishing

Analysis• Small Popper or Stick Bait• Rod & Reel Fishing

Synthesis• Popper or Jerk Bait• Open Face Spinning Reel

Evaluation• Big Lure

Teaching Figurative LanguageOn Grade Level (Application)

Students will demonstrate figurative language by drawing illustrations of various types.

Above Grade Level (Evaluation)

• Students will read novels and evaluate the use of figurative language within a chapter. (Books used: Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman, A Long Way From Chicago and/or Fair Weather by Richard Peck)

• Student will begin to write their own Tall Tale, depicting the correct use of figurative language.

Below Grade Level(Knowledge & Comprehension)

Students will use a graphic organizer to list different types of figurative language. Students will explain each type and give examples of each being used.

Content Process Product

Interest Readiness Learning Styles

Teaching Figurative LanguageOn Grade Level (Application)

Students will demonstrate figurative language by drawing illustrations of various types.

Above Grade Level (Evaluation)

• Students will read novels and evaluate the use of figurative language within a chapter. (Books used: Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman, A Long Way From Chicago and/or Fair Weather by Richard Peck)

• Student will begin to write their own Tall Tale, depicting the correct use of figurative language.

Below Grade Level(Knowledge & Comprehension)

Students will use a graphic organizer to list different types of figurative language. Students will explain each type and give examples of each being used.

X Content Process Product

Interest X Readiness Learning Styles

Teaching Addition and SubtractionOn Grade Level (Analysis) Students will solve addition and subtraction

problems and investigate errors in problems

Above Grade Level (Evaluation) Students will evaluate problems completed incorrectly and give an opinion by writing a letter of explanation to a fellow student.

Below Grade Level(Knowledge)

Students will solve addition and subtraction problems with regrouping

Content Process Product

Interest Readiness Learning Styles

Teaching Addition and SubtractionOn Grade Level (Analysis) Students will solve addition and subtraction

problems and investigate errors in problems

Above Grade Level (Evaluation) Students will evaluate problems completed incorrectly and give an opinion by writing a letter of explanation to a fellow student.

Below Grade Level(Knowledge)

Students will solve addition and subtraction problems with regrouping

Content X Process Product

Interest X Readiness Learning Styles

Your Turn to Fish!

Step 1: Pick a lesson/SkillStep 2: Decide whether to differentiate

the Content, Process, or the Product

Step 3: Choose a level on Bloom’s Taxonomy

Step 4: Write a task for the gifted student

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