Author: XPADMIN

Six Ways to Make Meaning
Adapted from de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
Facts, Information, Data,
Research, Knowledge
Feelings, Hunches,
Emotions, Intuition,
Analysis, and Evaluation
Caution, Danger, Wis-
dom, Risks, Weaknesses,
Analysis, and Evaluation
Benefits, Good, Positives,
Value, Strengths, Analy-
sis, and Evaluation
Thinking, Summarizing,
Concluding, Organizing,
Listing, Tracking Thinking,
Application, and Comprehension
Creativity, Imagination, New Ideas, Possibilities, and Synthesis
Wendy Waller, 2011

Questions to Make Meaning
What do you know about...What are the 5 Ws and How...What do you need o r want to know about...Where might you go about finding information about...
What are your feelings now? What is your gut telling you about...What does your intuition tell you? What prejudices/biases are present?
What is bad about...What was the negative outcome of… What were the difficulties of … Why won’t/didn’t this work? What should you be cautious about? What are the consequences of...What words of wisdom might come from this? What are /were the risks of…
What is/was good about… What are/were the benefits of… What did you like about… What was the positive outcome of… What is the value of… Can this be/could this have been made to work?
Order the events… What was the problem and how was it solved? What is your conclusion? Paraphrase… Devise an action plan...Identify the cause and effect of… Teach this… List the steps…
What if? Find another way to … How would you solve the problem? What new ways/ideas can you think of? Other possibilities are...

Meaning-Making Activities
Video, audio clip w/learning purpose — Two-column note taking — Mini-research activity — Anticipation guide/pre-assessment — Jigsaw — Graphic organizers — Mnemonics — Simulation —Demonstration/modeling — Gallery of Learning — Memory Hooks
Think-pair-share — Justify/defend with evidence — Personal connections/Reflection prompts — Infer — Predict — Story-telling — Informal writing — Gallery of Learning — People graph (continuum) — Self-assessment
Debate — Simulation, — Simile/metaphor/analogy — Con-Venn-Tion — Error analysis — Anticipatory sets — Cause/effect — Reflection prompts —Gallery of Learning — T charts — Socratic Seminar — Corners
Con-Venn-Tion — Anticipatory sets — Simile/metaphor/analogy — Reflection prompts — Cause/effect — Gallery of Learning — T charts — Target Notes —Decision Tree — Think in Threes —
Cartoons/quotes — Concept maps —Conceptual T-charts—Depic-tions/representations—Memory hooks — Venn diagrams — Walkabout — Interviews — Find My Rule — Mix-Pair-Discuss — Categorizing — Round Robin
Brainstorming — Walkabout — Gallery exhibit — New questions — Role play — Press conference — Game show — Game creation — Real-world products

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