Visible Thinking & Technology by Ashley Rogers

Explanation Game

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Why is it that way?

Why did it happen that way?

Summary of Routine

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This routine aids students in understanding why something is the way it is. It can also be used to examine cause and effect.

Content Standard

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ELD-S1.4-12.Explain

Follow and describe cycles and sequences of steps or procedures and their causes and effects.

ISTE*S Standard

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ISTE*S.1.5.c

Students break problems into component parts, extract key information and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

Activity

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After completing the class reading of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, students will use Storyboard That to outline the character development of either Victor Frankenstein or the Creature. They will show how their chosen character changed over the course of the novel, citing and representing at least 4 different events.

Resources

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Harvard Project Zero. (2019). The Explanation Game. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Explanation%20Game_1.pdf

ISTE Standards. (n.d.). ISTE. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://iste.org/standards

Digital Storytelling. (2024). Storyboard That. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://storeboardthat.com

Shelley, Mary. (1993). Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. [eBook edition]. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. WIDA. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

Headlines

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Write a headline that captures the main idea/most important aspect of this topic/issue.

Summary of Routine

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This routine aids students in articulating the main idea of the matter being studied or discussed. It can also involve summarizing and reaching tentative conclusions.

Content Standard

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ESL-S1.4-12.Narrate

Recount and restate ideas to sustain and move dialogue forward.

ISTE*S Standard

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ISTE*S.1.3.c

Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Activity

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Each student will choose a chapter from "Frankenstein". They will reread their chapter and decide on an appropriate "headline" or title for the chapter. They will annotate passages from the text using Diigo that support their choice.

Resources

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"Diigo: Your Learning, Simplified". (2024). Diigo. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://www.diigo.com/

Harvard Project Zero. (2022). Headlines. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Headlines_3.pdf

ISTE Standards. (n.d.). ISTE. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://iste.org/standards

Shelley, Mary. (1993). Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. [eBook edition]. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. WIDA. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

Word-Phrase-Sentence

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Choose a word that captured your attention or made a powerful statement.

Choose a phrase that gave you an emotional response or caused you to think more about the topic.

Choose a sentence that was meaningful to you, that you also feel captures the main idea of the text.

Summary of Routine

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This routine aids students in organizing their thoughts for a verbal or written response to a topic.

Content Standard

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ELD-S1.4-12.Narrate

Recount and restate ideas to sustain and move dialogue forward.

ISTE*S Standard

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ISTE*S.1.3.c

Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Activity

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Students will use the same chapter from "Frankenstein" that they used for their Headlines assignment. For the Word-Phrase-Sentence activity, they will select a word, phrase, and sentence from their chapter that struck them as meaningful and related to the overall theme of the chapter. They will use Diigo to make annotations in the text that support their choices, as well as marking the word, phrase, and sentence chosen.

Resources

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"Diigo: Your Learning, Simplified". (2024). Diigo. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://www.diigo.com/

Harvard Project Zero. (2019). Word-Phrase-Sentence. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Word-Phrase-Sentence.pdf

ISTE Standards. (n.d.). ISTE. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://iste.org/standards

Shelley, Mary. (1993). Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. [eBook edition]. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. WIDA. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf