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Choose some topics that they are teaching this week (from the curriculum), and display the topics (on blackboard or flipchart). Some examples are: ''water contamination, living together, uses of different parts of a plant, types of fertilizers (organic and inorganic) and their advantages or disadvantages, and health.'' | |||
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Allow only about 3-5 minutes for this activity so that spontaneous questions are recorded. | Allow only about 3-5 minutes for this activity so that spontaneous questions are recorded. | ||
After 3-5 minutes, explain the types of questions below and ask participants to suggest examples from their mini-blackboard that represent these types. Write these examples on the blackboard or flipchart or ask a volunteer participant to do so. Explain one type of question, ask participants for examples, record examples on board, and then mention second type. | After 3-5 minutes, explain the types of questions below and ask the other participants to suggest examples from their mini-blackboard that represent these types. Write these examples on the blackboard or flipchart or ask a volunteer participant to do so. Explain one type of question, ask the other participants for examples, record examples on board, and then mention second type. | ||
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Categorise their questions as closed and open questions. For each question, they move to the side of the room marked OPEN if their question is open or to the side marked CLOSED if their question is closed. | |||
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== Activity Two: Reading == | == Activity Two: Reading == | ||
Read pages 2 and 3 of the Questioning the Questions handout ([[File:VVOB_-_Questioning_the_Questions.pdf|Questioning the Questions]]). Discuss: | |||
# What was your most important learning from the handout? | # What was your most important learning from the handout? | ||
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Watch the video in which the teacher is introducing crime-writing genre to 12-13 year old pupils. In this clip the teacher leads a starter activity to stimulate pupils to think about alternative explanations for a situation that could be criminal activity. The situation mentioned on the board is “An abandoned briefcase has been handed in to police. What could the content reveal about the owner?”. The clip illustrates teacher questioning and handling responses for encouraging pupils to consider alternatives. | |||
