Month: November 2018

Connectagons

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Provided by Roisin McKeever

I use this resource either at the end of a topic as a revision tool or as a way for students to organise their ideas before writing an answer to a question.

I give each student an A3 version of the following:

Connectagon1

With this particular version the students were also provided with some case study information.

Connectagon

This allows the students to build their knowledge, application, analysis and evaluation skills. There can be a level of challenge with this activity as the students will have to compare two factors that they normally would not have linked together. For each pair they are comparing they will have to make a judgement on which one is more important or more successful (depends on the topic and question).

Once the students have completed the sheet I will give them a question to answer – they have to use the information they have put together, select the most appropriate pieces of information and either discuss it as a class or write the answer.

An editable version of the connectagon can be found in the 15 minute forum folder in Staff Academic.

 

Agree Build Challenge

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Provided by Jane Gleaves

This activity is to help students develop an argument for a question or debate. The following instructions are shared with the class:

In your table / groups consider the following statement(s).

Step 1 Think about how you will respond.

Step 2 Decide to agree, build or challenge.

Step 3 Find evidence to support what you say.

The students are given a statement or question that they are going to answer. Working in groups of four, each student has to pick whether they are going to agree, build or challenge the argument. The students then use the following grid along with the evidence (textbook, book, case study, article) to help them develop their argument:

ABC grid

The first student will give their opinion and a reason. The second student will agree with the opinion of the first student. The third student will build on these opinions and the fourth student will challenge the opinions of the previous three students.

Pick two or three groups to share their answers with the group.

This works well with any year group.

You can find a copy of the grid and slide template in the 15 minute forum folder in Staff Academic.