Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.
Cinquain Posters
Objective
Students will select one of their cinquains to share in poster form.
Activity
Students select a cinquain and design a creative way to share it in poster form. (Example; A cinquain about a pagoda could be written on a poster shaped and decorated like a pagoda.)
Evaluation
Approach to selection and design process.