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When creating this section, I wanted a way to organize activities and materials that I really enjoyed using, or that I found really helpful in the scheme of a unit. Some of the resources and activities I mention are made by me, but others were taught to me by partner teachers and people I really respect. I wanted to include them because sometimes a folder of ideas gets over crowded whereas you can organize a blog with key tags and incorporate images and explanation at the same time.
G8: Socratic Seminar Prep
This year, my grade 8 partner and I re-vamped our human rights unit. Our school service coordinator planned a school-wide event on human trafficking and we chose to use this as the lens through which we explored the issue of human rights.
GOs: Cause & Effect, and Relevance
I am thankful to the colleague who introduced the fishbone chart to me. There are many ways to discuss cause and effect with students, and there are many forms of organization, but I like that with the fishbone chart you can easily include multiple points.
Novel Study: Choice Cards
I have vague memories of a novel project that I did in grade 6. At the time, I was reading Firewing by Kenneth Oppel. Each day in class, we would complete tasks outlined on different cards. As we completed a card, we returned it to a box and selected another. The cards were colour-coded and we were required…