The start of a new semester is a time to think hard about the classroom communities we're building for our students. The following activity uses a list of 50 questions to get to know someone by Andrew Tarvin as an excuse to bring students together for conversations. I think it's fun, because not only do they have a chance to talk about themselves (generally an opportunity adolescents embrace) but also we can use the list to think about the kinds of questions that are appropriate in different situations.
Character Analysis
Later in the term, these questions can be revisited as we consider characters in texts and perhaps analyze how fully realized a fictional character is based on how well we could answer these questions about a character from a short story or novel.Small Talk & OSSLT Prep
Also, as an option for grade 9 / 10 classes, the task branches off into New Report writing as a prelude to instruction for the OSSLT.Lesson Plan & Worksheets
Class building focus: "Awkward Silences" activityOSSLT Focus: Building Classroom Community - Rapid Interviews / 50 Questions & News Writing Worksheet
This is interesting... - organizer
No comments:
Post a Comment