Students Taking Action
Quick Writes
Quick Writes are an easy way to get students actively participating in the lesson or activity during class time. All you need to do is turn an oral task into a written one. Instead of asking students to raise their hand to share their answer, have them write out their response. Allow 1 to 3 minutes for students to draft their thinking. This is a great way to see student's thinking and get whole class engagement in a short amount of time!
List/Group/Label
This strategy is a great way for students to brainstorm about a topic, create categories and then organize by labeling groups. You can use this strategy in every content area, especially writing. Ask students to list out all the words or facts that they know about a topic. Then have students group words from their list together based on similarities. Next, have students label each group or category of words they have constructed. Viola! Students have just planned and organized new ideas that represent their learning. This tool is great to use a prewriting strategy to plan out essays.