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How to Create a Depth & Complexity Frame

1.Decide on the prompts of Depth & Complexity and the task statements you will use for analysis of the topic, question, or idea. (See Slide 7 for a planning sheet.)

2. Decide what you will have students place (or what you will place) in the middle. (See next page for ideas).

3. Choose the frame format you wish to use. Slides 9 - 22 have plain frames to choose from. Hint: Slide 20 is for sequencing! The rest of the slides have cool backgrounds, organized by content areas. There’s a Table of Contents for those slides on Slide 23.

4. Insert the icon or emoji you are using (see Slide 5 for what I use) into the corresponding section of the frame.

5. Type the task statements in the text boxes surrounding the frame. I suggest adding the icon or emoji to the task statement text boxes as well, just to prevent any confusion. I’ve used different colors to connect the task statement boxes to the response spaces (red/green/bright blue/dark blue)

6. Share with students digitally or print them out. If you print them out, add in a text box on the outside edge with the task statement OR display the questions to the class on a screen OR print the questions on the back.

**Watch the tutorial video on exactly how to create your frames!

**Watch the tutorial video on making the cool background frames!

Note: Read through the ideas on the next slide for ideas, tips, and a sample!

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Ideas!

Each frame allows for four task statements. You do not need to use four different prompts. The same frame may have more than one task statement that uses the same Depth & Complexity element. For example, you could have two Ethics questions, a Details question, and a Big Idea question. Some frames have fewer than four sections.
You may wish to create different versions for different students. You can do this in a couple of ways.

All students respond to questions with same prompts of Depth & Complexity, but different levels of challenge in the task statements.
Students respond to different prompts of Depth and Complexity, but the same level of challenge.

Students may work on frames in cooperative groups. To do this, I recommend assigning each student to a different section of the frame, rather than assigning an entire frame to an entire group. This makes for grading that is more fair. The task statements are color-coded to make this easy.
Be sure to use task statements, rather than just putting an icon in a space and expecting the students to infer a question. That leads to very low-level responses from students.
Here are ideas for the center of the frame:

student-created graphics or sketches
equations to work out
mini graphic organizers that could be created or completed
maps
coordinate planes
images from the internet (Be sure to use safe search practices.)
graphs
poems/other writing

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Possible Emoji Depth and Complexity Icons

🌻 or 🍃Details (sunflower or leaf)

🏠 or 🌳Big Idea (house or tree)

👄 or 💬Language of the Discipline (lips or speech)

⚖️ Ethics (scales)

🚦 Rules (traffic)

🌀 Patterns (cyclone)

📈 Trends (chart)

❓ Unanswered Questions (question mark)

👓 Multiple Perspectives (glasses)

⏳ Change Over Time (hourglass)

📚 Across Disciplines (books)

If you’ve read the book, you know why Ian Byrd and I both use emoji instead of the traditional icons.

You are free to use the traditional icons of Depth & Complexity, which are available for download at JTaylorEducation.

If you do not want to use these emoji, you can search for your own.

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To insert the emoji, click on the spot and choose INSERT - SPECIAL CHARACTER - EMOJI.

If you don’t see emoji as a choice, click the middle drop-down menu in the box and select EMOJI.

Emoji can only be inserted where a text or image can go. I have placed shapes in every section of every frame type, ready for you to insert the emoji.

I’ve also included the search term you can use to find the emoji listed here.

Feel free to use your own, though!

REMEMBER!!! Emoji can only go where there is a place for text or an image.

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Task Statement 1: 🍃

Describe the matter found in the center of the frame using at least four of the 🍃 of properties of matter (mass, volume, state, temperature, magnetism, sink/float). Assume that the rock is as big as a basketball.

Task Statement 2: ❓

What would you have to know about this rock to know if it is soluble or not?

Task Statement 3:⚖️

What are the pros and cons of building a house out of this example of matter?

Task Statement 4: 🌀

This particular example of matter is part of the rock cycle pattern. What’s another pattern that this could be considered a part of?

Paste the icon or emoji you want to use in the corner boxes.

Type your response here.

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This is the printable version of the Frames Planning Sheet.

If you want to complete the form here in the Google Slide deck, please use the Frames Planning Sheet on Slide 6.

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Type task statements here.

Describe what is in the center here.

Type topic here.

Use these highlight boxes to highlight text you would like to choose. Copy and paste as many of them as you wish to use.

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Task Statement 1:

TYPE TASK STATEMENT HERE

Task Statement 2:

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What do you think about the relationship between Sterling and his father? What is your perspective?

Write your response here.

Should Sterling’s dad be investigated by the Children’s Aid Society? Why or why not?

Write your response here.

What burning question do you have for a character that we have been introduced to in this novel?

Write your response here.

Is it morally and ethically right to keep wild animals as pets? Explain.

Write your response here.

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Point of View or

Perspective

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Task Statement 1:

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Type instructions for what you want students to put in the center here, or paste in the graphic you want them to analyze.

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Task Statement 1:

If you were Roger, what would you have done with the money that Mrs. Johnson gave you?

Task Statement 2:

Explain the theme that you got from this story that you can relate to another story we have read this year in class? What story?

Task Statement 3:

What do you think Roger did with the money that Mrs. Johnson gave him.

Task Statement 4:

Is there ever a circumstance when it would be alright to steal from someone else? Explain.

Paste the icon or emoji you want to use in the corner boxes.

Type your response here

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Type your response here

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Task Statement 1:

What do you view as the three most important characteristics of a leader in your peer group?

Task Statement 2:

How does the leadership role in your peer group evolve from elementary to high school?

Task Statement 3:

What has to happen in order for a leader to be effective?

Task Statement 4:

Compare and contrast the effectiveness of a leader vs a boss.

Paste the icon or emoji you want to use in the corner boxes.

Type your response here.

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Insert a quote that represents an effective leader or an effective leadership style.

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Task Statement 1:

List the rules of the US Constitution.

Task Statement 2:

Give one example of how amendments changed freedoms over time?

Task Statement 3:

Write one fact you found important in the U.S. Constitution.

Task Statement 4:

Who deserves credit for creating the U.S. Constitution?

Type your response here.

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🍃What detail about John Proctor would you change if you could?

Task Statement 2:

⚖️Do you view John Proctor as an ethical person? Why or why not?

Task Statement 3:

🚦How would the story be different if John Proctor had followed Salem’s social mores?

Task Statement 4:

⏳In the play, John Proctor, a grown man with a wife and children, has an affair with a teenage girl. However, he is portrayed as the hero of the play. How does our perspective of this character change due to modern sensibilities?

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Task Statement 1:

What are characteristics of your Greekmon?

Task Statement 2:

Is it fair for your Greekmon to use their specific characteristics in a battle against another Greekmon?

Task Statement 3:

How would your Greekmon change through the next ten years?

Task Statement 4:

What rules would your Greekmon have to follow in order to survive their environment?

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Create & draw your own Greekymon

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Task Statement 1:

The thing we learn from Junie B. Jones books is that even if you are ____, you can still be _____.

Task Statement 2:

Why does Junie B. Jones start her stories the same way?

Task Statement 3:

Why was it right or wrong for Junie B. Jones to break rules that she knew were the rules?

Task Statement 4:

How would the story change if the story were told in Junie B. Jones’ mother’s perspective?

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Task Statement 1:

What is the strongest ethical argument against the operation Charlie had?

Task Statement 2:

In what way can humans experience the moral of this story?

Task Statement 3:

From which character’s perspective would change the plot of the story the most, why?

Task Statement 4:

What is the pro-est pro and con-est con of being of higher intelligence?

Type your response here.

Create an alternate title for

“Flowers for Algernon” and explain

why it’s stronger than the original title:

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Task Statement 1:

What trend 📈 do you notice when comparing North and South America in the data map for absolute number of decreasing species?

Task Statement 2:

Referring to your answer in Task 1, do you see the same trend 📈 in the data map for the percentage of decreasing species? Explain your answer.

Task Statement 3:

When our planet loses more than 70% of its species within a relatively short geological time interval, scientists refer to these cataclysmic losses as mass extinctions. Based on the data presented, a student states that this graph represents a mass extinction. What evidence 🍃 supports or refutes their claim?

Task Statement 4:

What scientific question❓could be asked based on the information you have here?

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Type the task statement here.

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Task Statement 1:

Describe what might have made a solar eclipse a frightening experience for people long ago.

Task Statement 2:

Explain why a solar eclipse is a somewhat rare occurrence.

Task Statement 3:

People in the path of totality will have a different experience than those that are not.🍃

Describe two ways the eclipse will look different for people not in the path of totality.

Task Statement 4:

Is it fair that some schools will not allow their students to go outside to view the eclipse? Provide two reasons to explain your opinion.

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What is the setting in the text? What information is given to you by the author that supports your answer.

Write your response here.

Sterling’s mother died when she was only 47 years old. What detail in chapter one is given to the reader that would help to answer what year was she probably born?

Write your response here.

This symbol means that you will look for and use details from the text to help you answer each question.

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Task Statement 1:

How have Christmas traditions changed when you compare Laura’s Christmas to how you celebrate today?

Task Statement 3:

In chapter 4, Laura received a ragdoll that was valuable to her. In your life, what is something valuable to you and why?

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Task Statement 1: Language of the Discipline

Using the terms prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, explain how the process of mitosis occurs.

Task Statement 2: Rules

Why does prophase have to occur first? What are some problems you could predict if prophase occurred later?

Task Statement 3: Big Picture

Why is mitosis important? Describe 2 ways in which we benefit from this process.

Task Statement 4: Change over Time

Describe how a cell’s chromosomes change throughout the process of mitosis.

Type your response here.

Sketch the process of mitosis from start to finish. Label each stage.

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Task Statement 1: 👄

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Task Statement 2: 🕶

Do you see the stars as balls of gas or eyes looking at us?

Task Statement 3: ⚖️

All stories should have illustrations to describe events in the story? Do you agree or disagree?

Task Statement 4: 🚦

Add s or ing to the following words.

How does the meaning of the word change?

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If you’re using Depth & Complexity in your classroom, I can’t recommend the book highly enough. It’s worth it just for the questions! Ian Byrd and I wrote this to be helpful to teachers just like you. It’s available in both paperback and ebook formats.

You can get your own copy at Amazon! I promise it’s worth it. Just read the reviews!

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There are two e-books that might help you in your Depth & Complexity practice, as well.

The Quick Guide is a super handy e-book that has a two-page spread for every element and content imperative. It’s been laid out by a graphic designer to be very cool!

Get a copy on TpT or Amazon.

The Question Stems e-book has all of the question stems from the Guide, as well as some extras, organized by Depth & Complexity element AND Bloom’s level. There are even Disciplinarian questions and questions for specific content areas.

You’ll be able to craft excellent task statements for frames, as well as questions for class discussion and other tasks easily with this helpful tool. Find it on TpT or Amazon.

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We’re all using digital resources more than we ever have before! That means more questions & issues, of course. Never fear!

YouTube has been keeping up, with loads or tutorials being added all of the time. I truly recommend watching a few. If you have trouble, feel free to reach out to me, to TpT (if it’s a tech issue), or your friendly neighborhood YouTube channel to get tips!

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You can copy this presentation, delete the slides you don’t need, and share that in Google Classroom. You can also create in this presentation and share just a single slide. This video will show you how.

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