DIFFERENTIATION WORKSHOP TASKS by Dustin Brumit https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1 Choose one of the differentiation methods, tiering or contracts & agendas. Either on your own, or with a partner, create a differentiated task for one of your classes. Post your plan below. en-us 2016-03-02 14:33:15 UTC 2024-05-24 20:10:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Soleil's Ideas https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584367 2016-03-02 19:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584367 McGuinness bryan_mcguinness https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584441 Idea #1:  Exit Slips can answer 1 of 3 questions - tiered by complexity of the question and depth of analysis required to answer (high, medium, low) - Would they all choose the low one?

Idea #2:  Differentiate vocabulary lists for each unit - high, medium, low (content terms would be the same, but low and medium would include more tier 2 words).]]> 2016-03-02 19:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584441 https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584949 2016-03-02 19:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98584949 Terry/Enrico https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98588510 Task: Persuasive speech on contemporary issue


More Sophisticated:
Students will choose a topic with which most people will disagree  or

Students will research a topic by reading newspaper articles 
no scaffolding given 
assessment criteria

Intermediate
Students will choose from a short list of topics.
Pre-selected articles
limited scaffolding - list of steps to follow
assessment criteria

More Accessible
Students will be assigned a topic based on interest ( taken from a formative assessment)

Pre-selected articles with highlighted text 

Students are given specific directions or parameters for the assignment on a handout to be completed

Provide a sample speech

assessment criteria



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Contract Task
 
Assignment: Parts of Speech – Students do a certain number of each – Higher levels will focus mostly on part 4.
 
Part 1: Identify the part of speech of a word.
Part 2: Identify the part of speech of a word in a sentence.
Part 3: Identify the words in the sentence that are a specific part of speech.
Part 4: Write sentences and identify parts of speech.
 
]]> 2016-03-02 19:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98588520 O'Connell https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98588556 Engrade quiz, leveled by ESL level language.   Assign the tests to them.  
Organizers with sentence stems, taking away more words and providing less sentence structure from more sophisticated to more accessible.  

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Students will be given a set of 10 word problems that differ in math and written levels. Students will be required to complete 2 of those sets in class; they must be different ones in a group. Students will then have to share with each other how they solved their chosen problems.]]> 2016-03-02 19:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98589910 Anna -- Blood Sugar Regulation https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98591513 Tierred Assignment]]> 2016-03-02 19:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98591513 Jenny grange_jenny https://padlet.com/brumit/difftasks1/wish/98592195 Tiered Tasks

Students read from “Hope for the Animals” by Jane Goodall

  • Upper tier task determine the author’s purpose for her writing
  • Lower tier task student’s look in more detail about the author’s claim (and find details to support)
  • Students come back together to discuss and share their knowledge so both cover the different areas but in different levels of detail
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