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Students will examine their classmates frames, note patterns, form an opinion, and then think from two more perspectives!
First, students browse their classmates frames from the previous task. They pick a prompt that their classmates used. They note similar categories in classmates’ responses.
Next, your students will pick a criteria such as “most powerful” or “most unexpected” and write about which category from Step 1 best fits that criteria.
Finally, they will choose two new perspectives. One that agrees with their choice from Part 2 and one that disagrees. These perspectives can be real people, characters, or even inanimate objects.
Students upgrade their bland research questions using prompts of depth and complexity and then create a sequence of questions using concepts from Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Students pick a topic and create 3 – 5 questions.
They upgrade those questions by adding in a prompt of depth and complexity.
Students develop a sequence of questions by asking a compare and contrast question plus a question that requires them to make a decision.
Students will use Change Over Time or Multiple Perspectives to look at themselves in new ways.
Students will introduce themselves using any four of the elements of Depth on the Frame graphic organizer.
First, students will draw out their frame.
Then, you’ll choose four of the eight prompts of depth. I’ve made videos for each.
Students use each of these four prompts to write about specific traits.
Optionally, you can have them make a second frame later if you’d like to use all eight prompts.
Students will analyze how a character changes across a story using the prompts of depth and complexity.