Use of Bubble Maps – Bubble Maps allow students to describe (using adjectives only) a topic that is placed in the middle circle.
Going a bit further – After the students have provided many adjectives to describe your topic, have the class come to a consensus of the two best adjectives.
- What topic did you place in the middle circle and what words or phrases did your students use to describe that topic?
- Was their frame of reference accurate or did you have to guide their frame of reference?
- Did your students have a higher or lower knowledge of the topic than you expected?
Going a bit further – After the students have provided many adjectives to describe your topic, have the class come to a consensus of the two best adjectives.
We are working on Movie Criticism. I had students watch a Star Trec Episode titled: Let this be you last Battlefield. At the end students were to put the word "Battlefield" in the circle and write adjectives that described the various battles/confrontations in the movie. Finally, they were to infer what they believed to be the moral (ultimate truth) of the story. The results were interesting to see that many students only addressed the concept: You can't always trust people you don't know. The conflicts in the movie however dealt with: hate, anger, racism, etc. Many students however, inferred that the moral was: ultimately hate and racism will destroy everyone. We will be discussing the results in the next class.
ReplyDeleteI placed the word professional wind ensemble in the middle circle during my wind ensemble class. They were asked to come up with adjectives or phrases to describe how a professional ensemble sounds and acts during performances. They put these adjectives/phrases in the circles around the center circle. Their answers included good air support, good posture, good intonation, disciplined, professionally dressed, etc. This was a great activity to do in preparation for important upcoming performances within the next few weeks for this group. My students had a higher knowledge of the topic than I expected.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome to see the way different classes are using the MAPS!!!!
ReplyDeleteSorry this is late. In guitar 2 I introduced a project we are about to start about famous guitarists. I had the student write the name of a player in the center and then write words to describe their playing styles. Next week I will have the students compare these bubbles with each other to see similarities.
ReplyDeleteI did not use a bubble map and have been trying to come up with a way that it could be used with learning major scales. Any suggestions?
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