AFTER READING

VOCABULARY

Tossed Terms

Learning Styles

VerbalAuditory

Kinesthetic

The Boxes

• Reuse boxes• Buy boxes• Make boxes

The Terms

HandwrittenTypewritten

Interchangeable

The TermsContent Vocabulary

Process Terms:

Describe AnalyzeCompare ContrastExplain Exemplify

The Activity

Divide students into groups of no more than fourAsk them to sit closely togetherGive each group one boxStudents take turns tossing the box to each otherWhen the box lands in front of a student, that

student has to use or define the term that landed on the top side of the box

Then, that students tosses it to someone else

During the Activity

The group members decide if the terms are being used correctly or not

The teacher should monitor that the groups are on task and giving quality feedback

Content Areas

HistoryScience

MathematicsEnglish Language Arts

Physical EducationMusic

Family Consumer Science

Limitations

Students could get off task

Throwing boxes rather than tossing

References

Fisher, D., Brozo, W. G., Frey, N., & Ivey, G. (2007). 50 Content Area Strategies for

Adolescent Literacy. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Strickland, C., (2007). The Annotated Mona Lisa. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel

Publishing.

Carroll.(2010). Questioning Strategy: Tossed Terms. Retrieved from http

://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels/TheCountOfMonteCristo/Questioning%20Strategy.pdf