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Updating Old Questions

I dug up some of the old questions I asked my students and re-wrote them as scaffolded sequences of tasks rather than single questions.

Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

Part 1: Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

For Teachers

I update an old question about conflict and character change in the story Hatchet.

 Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

Part 2: Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

For Teachers

How I’d update a low-level, overly engaging math question.

 Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

Part 3: Going Beyond “Name That Genre!”

For Teachers

Naming the genre is step one. But what comes after that? Here’s how to push students past identification into real analysis.

 Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

Part 4: Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

For Teachers

How I’d upgrade a dull “which one is better” question.

 Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

Part 5: Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

For Teachers

How I’d break down and rebuild a task about judging a volcano.

 Go Beyond “Identify Figurative Language”

Part 6: Go Beyond “Identify Figurative Language”

For Teachers

So students can identify a simile, metaphor, and hyperbole. What next?

 Don’t Make A Mere Model!

Part 7: Don’t Make A Mere Model!

For Teachers

This task is all about the product, but completely ignores how students will think.

 From “Too Many Choices” To “One Quality Task”

Part 8: From “Too Many Choices” To “One Quality Task”

For Teachers

Fixing an under-developed (but interesting) task that was originally part of a choice menu.