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Emmanuel Díaz-Ordaz Power Gem - Beyond Turn & Talk

This strategy can be implemented in all classrooms from art to history, to math and theater, and so on. The goal, as Cornelius Minor states above, is to get students to think on a “higher level.” Rather than simply just asking students to talk to each other, this strategy asks them to practice a skill that can be taken from the Common Core State Standards. Using Blooms taxonomy as a guide, here are other powerful skills that students can use in their conversations instead of just talking. arrange, define, describe, label, list, memorize, recognize, relate, reproduce, select, state explain, reiterate, reword, critique, classify, summarize, illustrate, translate, review, report, discuss, re-write, estimate, interpret, theorize, paraphrase, reference, example use, apply, discover, manage, execute, solve, produce, implement, construct, change, prepare, conduct, perform, react, respond, role-play analyze, break down, catalogue, compare, quantify, measure, test, examine, experiment, relate, graph, diagram, plot, extrapolate, value, divide develop, plan, build, create, design, organize, revise, formulate, propose, establish, assemble, integrate, re-arrange, modify review, justify, assess, present a case for, defend, report on, investigate, direct, appraise, argue, project-manage
 * Lv. 1: Knowledge **
 * Lv. 2: Comprehension **
 * Lv. 3: Application **
 * Lv. 4: Analysis **
 * Lv. 5: Synthesis (create/build) **
 * Lv. 6: Evaluation **

Two final things: 1) Enjoy!, and 2) Use and abuse these strategies so that your mini-discussions do not become trite and banal. <3 :D