- In what instances were you able to use them for brainstorming or detail work?
- What did you put in the middle of the map (the topic) and how did students respond to the topic?
- Did your students utilize their Frame of Reference to explain the "How do you know what you know" prompt?
Going a bit further - Another idea of using the Circle Map is to put a question mark in the topic circle (inner circle) with details in the larger circle and allow students to guess what the topic of the day is going to be. Then working your way through the details to teach the lesson, showing how each of the details relates to the topic.
I used a circle map with ap art students who are working on a concentrated personal art project. They were to put their concentration idea in the circle. Put pieces created prior to today outside the circle and then ask themselves how are these pieces similar and how are they different. Students would then reverse the process to brainstorm for new ideas for future work.
ReplyDeleteI used the circle map with Chorus students to review tempo words for the upcoming test. Tempo was our center circle and as students thought of words from our previous lists,we discussed the definitions for each. Then we used a mathching activity to show the definitions given.
ReplyDeleteI used a circle map with my Jazz Band students to discuss Jazz artiulations. Jazz articulations was our center circle and outside of that they listed the syllables and rhythms of different articulations in the Jazz style. We talked about each in detail and then had individual students play examples.
ReplyDeleteDue to Concert Festival preparation, i did not find a way to utilizea circle map in this weeks lesson plans.
ReplyDeleteI used a circle map in Orchestra to review how to name major keys by using the information in the key signature. In one circle map, naming sharp keys was the inner circle and outside of that the students listed the formula for naming sharp keys, the side of the circle of fifths that deals with sharps, and the song that we use to remember the formula for naming sharp keys. In another circle map, naming flat keys was the inner circle. In the last circle map, keys that are exceptions to the rules was the inner circle. After completion and discussion the students applied this information by naming major keys in the examples. This was a review for an upcoming test.
ReplyDeleteMy Drama 2 students are preparing to perform monologues. As part of their character developement, they used circle maps in two ways. First, they studied characteristics--physical expressions and personality--of someone they know. In the outer square, they added sources of how they know what they put in the larger circle about the person in the smaller, inner circle. Later, they put their monologue characters in the inside circle, and things they need to know for developing a well-rounded, multi-deminsional character in the larger circle. In the outside square, they named sources they would use to inform their character-development decisions.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for trying the maps and posting to the site.
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