#tlab14 teaching learning assessment conference berkhamsted : jo debens talk on gcse geography
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Material from Jo Debens' Geography workshop on teaching GCSE ideas for #TLAB14 Teaching Learning Assessment conference BerkhamstedTRANSCRIPT
CAN YOU BE CREATIVE AT GCSE WITHOUT LOSING THE INTEGRITY?
MESSY LEARNING
Stories of a river
Followed by…
REVISION BUNTING
CAKE MODELLING!
REVISION GAMESGet active!
JENGA?How could you use……
TWISTER?How could you use……
Then back in the classroom…..SURPRISE!
BALLOONS?!How could you use……
Musical chairs revision
PAPER PLANES?How could you use….
Developing GCSE literacy skills
CREATIVE WRITING
SUPPORT FRAMES - VCOP
Improve your writing…with VCOP!Hydraulic action corrosion attrition abrasion
Coastal erosion populationResidents visitors wave cut platform
Wave cut notch constructive wave destructive wave
however likewise whereas even though on the other hand unlike contrasting toin addition to despite because so as to
Nevertheless although similarlyCoastal processes such as……………….. can create landforms by…………..Hydraulic action is when…………………..and this can create……………Constructive waves are when…………………..whereas destructive waves…………. These produce landforms like……………………because………..
Vocabulary
Connectives
Openers
Punctuation
SUPPORT WRITING WITH PEEL FLOW CHARTS
Point 1Hurricane Katrina
in August 2005 was the worst disaster
in US history.
Point 3Critics say that the impacts were made
worse by government mismanagement
Point 2When the storm hit Louisiana it was a Category 3 scale
depression.
Make & describe your point
Use place specific evidence (Prove it)
Explain (So What)
Link back toquestion
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LEARNING GRIDS
1 2 3 4 5 6
1Link to sustainability
Describe primary & secondary impacts
Evaluate responses to hazard
Explain theory Describe economic & social impact
Refer to data
2Refer to data Link to
sustainabilityViews of National government
Explain types of mitigation / management
Include place specific detail
Compare MEDC features to LEDC
3Link to development unit (e.g. aid)
Refer to data Link to sustainability
Views of Residents
Justify argument based on evidence
Include place specific detail
4Justify argument based on evidence
Views of tourists / foreign government
Include place specific detail
Link to sustainability
Refer to data Link to development unit (e.g. aid)
5Compare & contrast responses and impacts
Include place specific detail
Compare MEDC features to LEDC
Refer to data Link to sustainability
Views of emergency response teams
6Views of International community
Compare MEDC features to LEDC
Refer to data Include place specific detail
Link to development unit (e.g. aid)
Link to sustainability
SOLO
Using SOLO framework to
structure thinking / prep for extended
writing
e.g. I’m confused about tropical storms.
e.g. Tropical storms are big thunder storms like hurricanes.
e.g. Tropical storms occur over warm water, they trigger strong destructive winds and heavy rain.
e.g. Tropical storms form over water of 27C or more when the sea is at least 60m deep. This is because they require moist evaporating air. The occur in the tropics either side of the equator where weather is humid and warm.
e.g. Tropical storms are likely to have a stronger impact in LEDCs like the Philippines where infrastructure is weaker. This means prediction and preparation is less efficient so residents do not evacuate. It is therefore likely that LEDCs will have a greater loss of life than MEDCs.
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Describe & explain tropical storms
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Making connections: SOLO hexagons
e.g. Here’s one made earlier…
Reflect on your work. Does it meet your Could
Be grade? Why?
Now edit your work one last time. Redraft.
Improve.
Work together to re-write each other’s work. Use
mark-scheme.
Now have a go at editing & improving your
partner’s statement.
Ask your partner to reword & rephrase your statement. Does
it still make sense?
Share this statement with a partner.
All write a statement in response to the image in
front of you.
REFLECT
WRITE
SPEAK
THINK
Th
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Story cubes add random element…
Revision cubes
Jo Debens @geodebs jodebens.com