Too often a teacher has the student write what a character said and call it evidence. Well, what evidence did that prove? Did it align with a question? Did it circle back to the actual desired outcome or was it just random information given and the student was praised for simply giving an answer evenContinue reading “Teaching text evidence needs to raise above a DOK 1 level. Here is how.”
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Adding higher DOK questions to your teaching-Paired Text Unit example using Mythology
Paired-text unit using mythology with other texts.1. Cold Equations by Tom Godwin 2. Prometheus by Josephine Preston Peabody 3. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus excerpt by Mary Shelley 4. Alcestis by Peabody 5. Star Trek episode quote – “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” -Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath ofContinue reading “Adding higher DOK questions to your teaching-Paired Text Unit example using Mythology”
ELA On The Move 