Cohesion
AFL or NRL
Pizza, KFC, Subway, McDonalds
Holidays: stayed in town, out of town, out of state, out of country
Math
Decimals: larger or smaller than a base number
Equivalent Fractions
Literacy
Viewpoint of character
Adverb, verb, adjective, noun
Science
Acid, base
Cloud types
Simplified STEP BY STEP - Corners
(Class Structure)
(1) Students are asked a question and presented with two, three or four choices.
(2) Each student must decide what they think their viewpoint is and move to the specified
area for their particular answer.
(3) The teacher asks what was the reasoning behind individual student's choices.
Corners is simple yet useful structure to gain assess student's pre-knowledge, get students thinking about current affairs issues, reviewing content and developing class cohesiveness. Students enjoy the structure and it gets them moving around the room. Students are asked a question and presented with two, three or four choices. Each student must decide what they think their viewpoint is and move to a specified area in the room (hence the name 'Corners').
Corners
Hints for Effective Corners
Make sure you always discuss why the students are doing the Corners structure (eg: to gage their opinion on a topic or find out what they already know.).
Aways introduce the Corners structure with a fun topic that has no"wrong" answers so that students understand how it works without feeling threatened.
You should always start with content - what you want to teach - and then choose your structure. If Corners doesn't fit your content, find another structure.