Great Expectations

A major step in raising expectations involves turning the work and the learning over to the students. One way to do this is through the use of closure activities which encourage students to process the material presented and reflect on their own learning experiences and needs. Here are some ideas to consider …

After the Lesson
• Have students collaborate in pairs or small groups to create nonlinguistic representations summarizing the material presented.

• Have students respond in Learning Logs to reflective questions, such as, “What did I learn? What am I still confused about? How can I eliminate this confusion?

• Have students “Think-Pair-Share” what each believes is the most significant aspect of the material and try to persuade others to consider their point of view.

• Have students journal briefly on how the material presented related to another topic or subject they recently learned.

• Have each student create a three-question quiz about the topic and trade it with another student in the class.