PLOT+PD

= = = Resources from Session 3 - Outram School, Thursday 4th September 2008 =

Otepoti Rubric Wordle
Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 || ||
 * Group 1
 * || Wordle created from the rubric for the progression of our cluster programme. ||

Strategy harvest
Inquiry trail

First word / last word Participants are given a reading and some highlighter pens. Pertinent parts of the text are highlighted during reading. Participants then share their ideas in groups of about 4. Process: First person reads out one highlighted item without making any comments or observations about it. Next person remarks on that part of the text without any interjections by any other participants. The tern then moves around the group until everyone has has a say about the text which was read out. Lastly the first person summarieses all that they have heard about their hightlighted piece of text. The first person now gets to have their say about that piece of text and why they chose it. The turn now moves to the next person to be the first person and the process continues

Partner interview

1-2-4 - synthesising strategy Also know as 'think pair share'. On your own come up with an idea on the topic at hand. Join up with someone to make a pair and come to a consensus. The pair then joins up with another pair to make four and come up with a consensus. This can be used in combination with the 3-2-1 strategy where on your own you come up with three ideas, when you become a pair you refine your combined 6 ideas into 2 and then when the two pairs become a foursome, you refine your combined 4 ideas into 1 central idea.

Pinwheel

Four hats - grouping strategy Have a worksheet with four different types of hats with different amounts of lines under each similar to the one pictured here.

Step one ask participants to find a partner and write each others name under one of the hats which have one line underneath. Step two ask participants to form a group of three. Write each others name under the hats which has two lines underneath. Step three ask participants to form a group of four. Write each others names under the image with three lines underneath.

These will be the groups participants will work in throughout the day.

Reflective questions / reflective conversations Small group discussion Placemat Expert groups Movie clips Dealing with conflict Speed dating

Inside outside circle Allows active conversation and works with a maximum number of people in a minimum amount of time. Allows ideas to be shared quickly and introduces to team structures. Form two circles - outside facing in, inside facing out. Pose a question/ topic/ challenge. share with current partner Inside or outside circle moves a set number of positions to create a different partnership. New partnerships discuss same or new topic.

Triad inquiry - reading strategy As your group finishes reading... Person A shares any part of the reading that interested them and talks about it. Person B paraphrases back what was shared to Person A who adds more or agrees. Person C asks persona A an inquiry question about what they shared.

tick ! ? key - reading strategy Each participant has a reading. Explain the code to use to annotate during reading: Tick for things you agree with ! for statements that make you wonder or disagree with ? for questions that arise from the text. After a minute or so of reading call out 'Say Something' each person in the pair then shares something they have coded and why. Participants are then instructed to return to the reading and the process continues.

Round robin brainstorm

Why? What? How? - clarifying strategy In groups investigate the key questions and be prepared to share as a whole group in 15 minutes:
 * Why**? are we _. What are our values here? What are inquiries/ wonderings and why do _ at all?
 * What**? resources do we have available to us?
 * How**? do we get started. How do we ensure this is a worthwhile process and not just a token gesture?



Resources from Session 2 - Outram School, Thursday 19th June 2008
Mel's powerpoint:

__Pin Wheel activity__ (groups of 3 moving around) Works with readings, first word, last word, etc. Good way to get whole group to share with each other and get to know each other.

__Speed dating__ - energiser.

__Handouts__ - Provide diversity of thoughts

__Rubric__ - To deepen your understanding of things, build a rubric.

__Conflict resolution activity__ Round robin brainstorm The great debate