Updating Old Questions

I dug up some of the old questions I asked my students and re-wrote them as scaffolded sequences of tasks rather than single questions.

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Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

Part 1: Updating Old Questions: Conflict and Character Change

For Teachers

I update an old question about conflict and character change in the story Hatchet.

 Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

Part 2: Updating Old Questions: Pay Raise

For Teachers

How I'd update a low-level, overly engaging math question.

 Updating Old Questions: Name That Genre

Part 3: Updating Old Questions: Name That Genre

For Teachers

How I'd improve a low-level question about a story's genre.

 Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

Part 4: Updating Old Questions: Comparing Two Leaders

For Teachers

How I'd upgrade a dull "which one is better" question.

 Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

Part 5: Updating Old Questions: Volcano from Two Perspectives

For Teachers

How I'd break down and rebuild a task about judging a volcano.

 Updating Old Questions: Identify Figurative Language

Part 6: Updating Old Questions: Identify Figurative Language

For Teachers

So students can identify a simile, metaphor, and hyperbole. What next?

 Updating Old Questions: A Mere Model of a Cell

Part 7: Updating Old Questions: A Mere Model of a Cell

For Teachers

This task is all about the product, but completely ignores how students will think.

 Updating Old Questions: Designing A Character’s Bedroom

Part 8: Updating Old Questions: Designing A Character’s Bedroom

For Teachers

Fixing an under-developed (but interesting) task that was originally part of a choice menu.