For elementary students this lesson will work to help students focus on more detail. When students do open response they miss the small details. Make it fit their learning needs by giving them a smaller chunk of time (morning vs whole day).
Modeling would be important. Model with a second teacher.
To connect with a literature lesson: When reading a story in class one student sits in the "hot seat" and pretends to be the character in the book and students interview that student as the character. A lesson like this can then lead into interviewing each other as students using the crime scene lesson.
Also a great listening activity since some need to develop listening skills.
Also a fun ice breaker: they can be shy, but if you give them the crime aspect they might run with it. Basic interview ice breakers usually only give small details.
To differentiate: Provide a list of questions. Limit the amount of time (shorter chunk of time to interview about) Do the interview for less amount of time Do a heterogeneous partnership: provide a lifeline and let partner help come up with a question For ELL: allow them to draw or use less words For younger children: maybe don't have the scenario be murder! Provide Blooms Taxonomy of questions and have them ask one of each type.
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ReplyDeleteFor elementary students this lesson will work to help students focus on more detail. When students do open response they miss the small details. Make it fit their learning needs by giving them a smaller chunk of time (morning vs whole day).
Modeling would be important. Model with a second teacher.
To connect with a literature lesson: When reading a story in class one student sits in the "hot seat" and pretends to be the character in the book and students interview that student as the character. A lesson like this can then lead into interviewing each other as students using the crime scene lesson.
Also a great listening activity since some need to develop listening skills.
Also a fun ice breaker: they can be shy, but if you give them the crime aspect they might run with it. Basic interview ice breakers usually only give small details.
To differentiate:
Provide a list of questions.
Limit the amount of time (shorter chunk of time to interview about)
Do the interview for less amount of time
Do a heterogeneous partnership: provide a lifeline and let partner help come up with a question
For ELL: allow them to draw or use less words
For younger children: maybe don't have the scenario be murder!
Provide Blooms Taxonomy of questions and have them ask one of each type.