Ask students to decide why items are grouped into two different categories. *A Byrdseed favorite!* Based on the Concept Attainment model of instruction.
In a Concept Attainment lesson, we give students examples and non-examples of a concept -- without telling them what that concept is!
Can students spot similes vs metaphors?
Can your students spot the run-on sentences?
Let's look at living vs non-living things.
Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!
Can your class spot the vertebrates vs invertebrates?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?
We're looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?
Some of these clauses are dependent and some are independent.
Can your students tell the difference between cubism and abstract art?
Is it an island or an archipelago?
We're looking at capital cities.
Let's look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!
Is it a reptile or an amphibian?
Let's look at misnomers - things with the wrong name!
The word "may" can be used for possibility or permission. It's a modal auxiliary verb!
We're looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.
We're looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.
Will your students notice progressive tense vs simple tense?
Let's look at saltwater vs freshwater organisms.
Let's look at deciduous vs coniferous trees.
We're looking at monarchies vs democracies.
We're looking at countries vs states (and other smaller regions).
We're looking at carnivores vs omnivores.
We're looking at inventions vs discoveries.
We're looking at magnetic vs. non-magnetic materials.