Teaching
& Learning
Strategies
• Activating Prior Knowledge: Revisit Perseverance Graphic Organizer
• Consolidating Thinking to Build New Knowledge: Jigsaw
• Consolidating the Learning Experience: Reflection Form
Background
Information
for Teachers
Before Lesson
• Post Learning Goals and Success Criteria for this lesson.
• Have spaces available for groups to meet, plan and prepare the
summative task.
• Have the Anecdotal Observation Template (BLM #2) ready on a clipboard
to use while students are working collaboratively.
• Have copies of Reflection Form available.
Step A:
Assessment
as Learning
Lesson Note: This lesson starts with a review of Lesson 6, “Canadian Women
Contributors, Part 2.” Please review that lesson to get some background on
and insights into the learning experiences that this lesson will build upon.
ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Teacher Talk: We have been working hard both collaboratively in your
expert groups as well as independently on your Rapid Research and
Perseverance Graphic Organizers on your woman contributor. You now
have lots of information to share with our class and school community about
this important person in our past or current history.
Revisit Perseverance Graphic Organizer: Have students in their women
contributor expert groups discuss Perseverance and evidence of it from the
research they have done.
Facilitation Note: Keep the sharing to within their expert group at this time
as there will be an opportunity to share with the class community later in the
lesson.
Step B:
Assessment
for Learning
CONSOLIDATING THINKING TO BUILD NEW KNOWLEDGE
Teacher Talk: You are going to have the opportunity to share your woman
contributor to a small group. Remember that you are the experts on your
contributor and you will therefore need to be prepared to not only share,
but answer questions about them, their lives and how they demonstrate the
Character trait of Perseverance.
With your expert group, you are going to discuss all that you know and
understand about your woman contributor. Consider questions that may be
asked about your contributor, evidence of Perseverance, interesting facts
that others would be interested in and what your audience may want to know
about your contributor. Use the My Woman Contributor Graphic Organizer
(BLM #3) to take notes on what you will share.
Black Canadian Curriculum – Intermediate – ETFO – 2014