POINT OF VIEW
Elementary
Class discussion Post Read Aloud
Fractured Fairytales – True Story Three Little Pigs vs. Original Tale
Debate
Use novels that are told by two voices (i.e. Jake and Lily by Spinelli)
Journal from different “Points of View”
Diary of a Spider (series) – first person view
Secondary
Points of View + Role Play (situational)
Witness – Karen Hesse- Great book for Point of View
Position papers
Historical Fiction (journal) and primary source
compare point of view
HS Databases – Utilize SIRS when instructing Point of View + locating articles that would validate either side of a social issue
Mock Trials
Keesha’s House
Salem Witch Trial – accused or accuser
Rewrite Cinderella from other characters’ point of view
Show clips of heated debate provide bio info, have students figure out who belongs to which bio
Edmodo – character role-play
(Template on Google Docs for Facebook)
Source Evaluation
CARS - Credibility
Accuracy Authority
Reasonableness/Relevance
Sponsorship – supported
BOGUS SITES
BACKUP (value as good or bad site)
B – bias
A – author
C – credibility/current
K – Knowledge (adding to it)
U – Understand
P – Page navigation
BrainPOP intro video
Evaluate
Purpose
Audience intended?
Currency?
Cybersmart resources
Example – Hoax websites:
Oct 31 not available – part of commonsensemedia.org
Learning parts of website – URL – sponsor, etc.
INFERENCE
Elementary
Work backwards from conclusion
Use text that appeals to age group
Use graphic organizer
Combine background knowledge with context clues to formulate new knowledge
Student-generated questions to guide research
Use picture books (wordless)
Colloquial expressions: “If I told you once, I’ve told you a thousand
times…” What does that mean?
Combine background knowledge with context clues to formulate new knowledge
Colloquialisms – and idioms
You drive me to drink
Nothing to write home about
Newspaper headlines
Butterflies in my stomach
Concrete example: A friend throws away pizza after one bite – will you buy the pizza for lunch? Why or why not?
Predicting
Cause/Effect
Clear lesson objective
MAIN IDEA
Elementary
Use Ham’s by Burdich VanAllsburg
Use picture books
Wordless picture book
Who is the dude?
Use painting/illustration
What is the main idea?
Read short story – students write new title
Secondary
Give them a full note card to write about what they read – then give
½ a note card and write – give an even smaller card and have
them boil it down again or limit number of words
Oxford Art Encyclopedia Online for paintings – use classical
paintings as a visual prompt
Have students read a text and summarize main idea in a faux tweet (140 characters)
Elementary
Demonstrate an actual search
Natural vs. Boolean
Show advanced options
Demonstrate with objects – have them sort
Demonstrate with students if they had (ex) hat and jeans
Order cards (1-fruit, 2-apple, 3-Granny Smith)
Start with an index as example
Online shopping – clothing, jeans, color
Keywords
- Order makes a difference
- Choosing proper keywords
- Using Boolean
- Using timeline
Use pyramid search – Brainstorm
- Europe – WW II
- France
- 1942
Related
- Narrower
- Main Idea
- Broader
Use database and model broader and narrower terms – compare results
Elementary
I know _________________________________
because ________________________________
Credible facts to support project
Mascot choice – elementary
8th grade – holocaust – Who was most evil? Hitler or SS?
Role-playing based on research ex: Salem Witch Trials
Debates (Presidential) using fact checkers
Ask – How do you know that?
Expect verbally what you expect in writing “According to…”
Secondary
Locate resources to answer essential questions
Look at each resource
Pull evidence – as direct quote from text
Summarize – quote
Write interpretation as to how it relates or answers essential questions
