Huddle Up: Working in Groups

Having gotten the impression that most Freshmen were getting sick of 50 minute lectures on English, today was a day for practicing recently-acquired skills in small groups.

First, students evaluated (Bloom's Level V!) each others' responses on the IBS practice from last night, and compiled a "Best Of..." set of I-VI questions.

Having completed this step, it was time for the groups to apply Bloom's to a small piece of "new" material.

Armed with one of six children's fables, students had to work together to A) process the reading, and then B) formulate a question (with answer) or task for their story at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy before the end of class. I collected each group's sheet before the final bell.

HW for Friday:

• Bring your composition notebooks to class tomorrow, so we can set them up.