Supplemental Teacher Ancillaries
Text Rendering
This is a method to help students extract key information quickly, especially if the reading level of the article is above a student’s typical practice.
- Copy the title of the article.
- Who is the author of the article?
- What is the source of the article? (E.g. Website, textbook, magazine, etc. and state it specifically)
- When (what year) was this article published?
- In a three-column table, copy all people (names, professions), places (locations, institutes, countries, etc.), and numbers with units (dates, years, quantities, etc.)
- Copy the most important word in the article.
- Copy the most important phrase in the article.
- Copy the most important sentence in the article.
- Explain why you chose those combinations as your “most importants”.
- Draw a picture that demonstrates the meaning of the article.
Quad Notes
This is an adaptable and transferrable method of taking notes when watching a video. It reduces the need for a teacher to generate a guided question set for students each time a video is shown.
Fold a blank paper into quarters. Label each of the quadrants as follows: 1. Key Terms related to the unit; 2. Names, Numbers, Places (for the same style as in the Text Rendering); 3. Questions regarding the video content; and 4. Drawing. As the video is shown, student should populate each of the quadrants with at least 7 – 10 entries. This may be modified depending on student ability levels.
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