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Diamond 9/18

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  • Date 12th March 2013
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Resources: 

Post-It notes/ Paper cut into small squares


How It Works:


Students are asked to work in pairs– and asked to write down 9 keywords/points/sentences/ each. 

(If AS/A level student- they could work on their own- link the points to mark schemes/model answer and so on..?)

They are then asked to place the points they have made into a Diamond shape.


The point at the tip of the diamond- is the key element to their task. The points towards the bottom of the diamond are not so useful. 


I then show students the diagram below; You can draw this on the whiteboard? I link the upper points to higher grades/levels?


The arrangement of points helps the students determine the grade/level of their points- are they struggling to pick a key point? Are most of their points important? Really important?


It also shows students how to structure their answers/questions…?


Use the structures shown here?





Variations:

You can get your students to work on a class diamond 18?

Each child writing one point? On an A4 piece of paper? They could then arrange the papers as a giant Diamond 18?

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