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Rework the Piece

Wilson Wims Elementary School

November 18, 2014

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Critical Challenges

Judge the Better or Best

Students judge from among two or more options (teacher-provided or student-generated) which best meets the identified criteria.

Critique the Piece

Students assess the merits/shortcomings of a person, product or performance (which may be teacher-provided or student-provided).

Decode the Puzzle

Students suggest and justify a proposed solution explanation or interpretation to a confusing or enigmatic situation.

Rework the Piece

Students transform a product or performance in light of additional information or an assigned focus, perspective, genre, etc.

Perform to Specs

Students perform or undertake a course of action that meets a given set of criteria/condition.

Design to Specs

Students develop a product that meets a given set of criteria/conditions.

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Rework the Piece

  • Identify character traits for at least 3 different characters in the story
    • Add a new character who is (shy, scared, suspicious)
    • Remove a character that would/would not change the story

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  • Change the numbers in the problem so that the answer to the story problem is ___________

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  • Rewrite the story from another character’s point of view .

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  • Design a structure, such as a home, using 3D blocks
    • Rework the design without using (rectangles)

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  • Rewrite events that led to an historical event (Boston Massacre) that would change the outcome of that event.

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What could it look like?

Rework an image of the first Thanksgiving from the point of view of ________

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Thinking Strategy:

  • Notice & Wonder

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Criteria:

  • makes sense
  • plausible

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Using a Thinking Strategy

Webbing Effects

asking “what if”

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Similarities and Differences

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Something very different about _________ and _________

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Something very similar about ________ and _________

there had been no food to share

it had been a cold rainy day