Strategy 1: Nonlinguistic Representations
Students were asked to sketch a picture of a medieval castle. Instead of reading more on the topic and having to take notes, the students could demonstrate their knowledge through a picture using nonlinguistic representations. Students were excited to show their artistic abilities and their understanding of the medieval time period.
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Strategy 2: Combination Notes
I was able to work with a group of students while they were reading. To help them organize their notes, I introduced a note taking strategy for them: combination notes. I told them to set their notes up so that on left side was information, the right side was a graphic or symbol to represent the information and then at the bottom of their notes they were to write a quick summary explaining all of the information they just read.
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Strategy 3: Graphic Organizers
I was again asked to work with one specific group, but I wanted to try a different note taking strategy. I introduced them to a new form of graphic organizer. The only graphic organizer the students could think of was a Venn Diagram. I showed them how to use a concept map instead of the traditional organizer. They wrote "Magna Carta" in the middle circle and then all around they center circle were supporting details about the main idea.
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