Tiered Assignments Follow Up

9/24/12

Agenda

Quickwrite

Essential Question

Review and Building on Cornell Notes to take notes on Tiered Assignments

Tiered Assignment Follow Up

Socratic Seminar from self generated questions from Cornell Notes

Summary

Quickwrite: Pick 3-5 to answer about Differentiated Instruction

❖ What do I already know about the topic?

❖ Where have I heard about the topic before in pop culture or another class?

❖ What do others likely feel about the topic?

❖ How does this topic relate to controversial subjects today?

❖ How can I relate to the topic?

❖ What questions do I have about the topic?

(Anticipatory Set)

Essential Question

How can I use differentiated instruction or tiered assignments in my lessons?

During a video or

lecture, the students

should write here only!

inputoutputHave the students generate questions

here after the lecture and

notetaking. Try to avoid many “Level

1” questions. Shoot for open-ended questions for a discussion.

Why?How?Do

you think?

MANDATORY. These are the answers

to your questions.

sample Level 1 activities (lowest points)

Bubble maps

Definitions

Copying

Listing

Creating and answer “Level 1” questions (Who?What?When?Where?)

Sample Level 2 activities (medium points)

Venn Diagrams/Double Bubble Maps

Diamante poems (compare and contrasting)

Frayer Models

Drawings

Timelines

Creating and answering “Level 2” questions ( “Why? How?)

Sample Level 3 activities (highest points)

Judgements, Evaluations, Predictions, Comments ( In my opinion, ____b/c____. This bothered me because ________. If_______, then _______.

Activities that require imagination. (Facebook profiles, I am poems, “Stewies”)

AVID “investigations” (Print Document, Political Cartoon, Video, etc)

Misconceptions and Concerns (Buccolo)(Buccolo)Tiered Assignments aren’t just groups of activities;

they are purposely chosen according to the thinking skills necessary to complete them.

Definitely need to pre-teach the different activities and how to do them; also helps to have the posters in the room for reference

I plan to teach each of the level two and level three activities from the posters as mini-lessons sprinkled throughout my daily lessons until the students are familiar with all of them.

Success!!(Buccolo)

My first experience with Tiered Assignments was when Mr. Norwood co-taught with me in one of my Senior English classes recently.

We used the Tiered Assignment as the evaluation for the end of the first section of Dreams from My Father.

Happy to report that the kids were on task for two solid hours; didn’t complain about the assignment; and all finished their work!!

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Questions and Socratic Seminar

Summary