I have many discussions with my students every day, when they are writing, these discussions are recorded on their LI/SC/Assessment sheet, which is glued into their book above the writing.
Task: To describe the ocean.
Learning
Teacher/student discussion:
Feedback:
I like the simile you used to describe the waves.
Great powerful vocab, eg. whirled, pounded.
By writing the feedback and forward with them while they are writing, they are able to act on it straight away. It is meaningful and relevant.
But, how do we get students to start doing this themselves?
How do we teach students to discuss their work clearly?
One way is to use some activities from Kagan's Structures.
They are practical activities, some you may already be doing, that engage students with other students and help to teach them ways to talk about their learning and each others learning.
I really want to try the Find Someone Who... technique. Where students try to find a language feature in other peoples writing.
Here is a link to an explanation of all his structures and examples of activities you can try in class or group situations.
http://www.horseheadsdistrict.com/ir/kagan/coopdom.htm
Jerremy Williams
Special thanks to my aunty, Jenny Hirst for sharing her knowledge of Kagan's structures, which she is using in schools in Malaysia.
Task: To describe the ocean.
Learning
Intention: We are learning to use alliteration in our writing.
Success Criteria: I have...
-used one example of alliteration
-described the ocean
Remember to:
-leave lines
-use a thesaurus
-use your senses to describe the ocean.
Feedback:
I like the simile you used to describe the waves.
Great powerful vocab, eg. whirled, pounded.
Feed forward:
How could you HOOK the reader in at the start?
Is there a better way of saying blue?
By writing the feedback and forward with them while they are writing, they are able to act on it straight away. It is meaningful and relevant.
But, how do we get students to start doing this themselves?
How do we teach students to discuss their work clearly?
One way is to use some activities from Kagan's Structures.
They are practical activities, some you may already be doing, that engage students with other students and help to teach them ways to talk about their learning and each others learning.
I really want to try the Find Someone Who... technique. Where students try to find a language feature in other peoples writing.
Here is a link to an explanation of all his structures and examples of activities you can try in class or group situations.
http://www.horseheadsdistrict.com/ir/kagan/coopdom.htm
Jerremy Williams
Special thanks to my aunty, Jenny Hirst for sharing her knowledge of Kagan's structures, which she is using in schools in Malaysia.
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