How do you differentiate effectively?
How do you differentiate effectively?
Top Ten Tips for Differentiating
- Change your thinking. This is crucial when differentiating effectively.
- Target the majority and differentiate around.
- Use flexible groups.
- Use any support staff wisely.
- Use a toolbox of additional activities.
- KISS (Keep It Short and Simple)
- Know your pupils.
- If at first you don’t succeed…
How do you differentiate assessments?
From a list of Zach Burrus, Dave Messer and Judith Dodge, here are some ways of differentiating assessments:
- Designing tiered activities.
- Scaffolding struggling learners.
- Challenging advanced learners with more mid-stimulating activities.
- Adjusting questions.
- Compacting.
- Flexible grouping.
How do you differentiate writing?
Differentiated Writing Paper
- Give some students paper with fewer/more lines than the paper most students are using.
- Give students 3-page stapled booklets to use when writing stories.
- Offer writing paper choices.
- Offer choices for graphic organizers.
- Include word banks.
- Include sentence starters.
How can you distinguish academic writing from other kinds of writing?
Academic writing is generally quite formal, objective (impersonal) and technical. It is formal by avoiding casual or conversational language, such as contractions or informal vocabulary. It is impersonal and objective by avoiding direct reference to people or feelings, and instead emphasising objects, facts and ideas.
What separates technical writing from other forms of writing?
With respect to basic structure, the spelling and grammar of technical writing are identical to those of other writing. Major differ- ences are found in purpose and style. Technical writing is strictly utilitarian. Its purpose is to convey information, not to amuse, entertain, or arouse strong feelings.