Writing+prompts


 * What did you already know of the material presented in the lesson?
 * What did you learn? What material was new to you? What were the three most important things you learned in today’s lesson/independent practice?
 * What did you understand most/least about today’s lesson and independent practice?
 * What would you like to know more about about the material?
 * What questions do you still have?
 * How is the information you learned applicable to your other class assignments? How is this class helping you with research in your other classes?
 * How is this class different from any others you've taken in high school?
 * How is this class the same as any others you've taken in high school?
 * What did you learn from reading someone else’s blog? Did it help you write your own blog entry?
 * If there was a reading assignment, what did you learn from the reading assignment? What did you not understand? What prior knowledge did you bring to the reading material?
 * Did you have a need for information today? If so, how did you go about finding it?


 * Some Additional Questions **


 * What are you thirsting to learn? Why?
 * What connections did you make between today’s lesson and your own personal experiences?
 * What was an idea/ experience that came up today that you think should be “trashed”? Why?
 * What was the most important thing you learned today? Why was it important? How was it the same as or different from what you already knew?
 * What was the CORE IDEA of the whole lesson? What makes it “core”? How did it relate to what you already know?
 * What were some general things you learned today? specific things? How were they the same as or different from what you already know?
 * What were some reactions you had to the information we addressed today (e.g., surprises, conflicts, regrets? joys? etc.)?
 * What did you notice about your thinking when working on the hands-on activity?
 * When did you realize that you could use other resources to help solve your information need? When did you realize that you needed other resources?
 * How did you go about evaluating....? What did you focus on when evaluating?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows your commitment to being accurate? seeking accuracy?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows your commitment to being clear? seeking clarity?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows stick-to-it-ness (persistence) even when the task was hard or unclear?
 * When did you want to give up? What did you do to prevent it?
 * How did others’ ideas differ from yours? How were differences discussed/addressed?


 * Sample Learning Log questions about Collaborating **


 * What did you notice about how well your group collaborated?
 * When one of the members of your group seemed to dominate or take over, what happened? What could have happened instead?
 * Did you offer assistance (or receive an offer of assistance) to/from another student?
 * How did this make you feel? What would have been a good time to offer assistance to someone?
 * Did you offer encouragement to or compliment (or receive encouragement or compliment) another student? Which of the members of your group need more encouragement?
 * How well are the members of your group listening without interrupting? When someone interrupts, what would be the best way to handle it?
 * When everyone is not doing his or her share in your group, what happens to the process? What could you do to help everyone do his or her share?
 * For each member of your group, identify at least one talent this person has that would be valuable to the group. How is each valuable?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows you respect differing opinions?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows you recognize and celebrate others' successes? Why is this important to do?
 * What evidence can you offer that your group built a consensus when making a key decision?
 * Was there a time when someone in your group provided someone else in the group negative feedback? How well was it provided? How could the person providing the feedback do it better? How might the person receiving the feedback receive it better?
 * What evidence can you offer that shows that you are committed to peacefully resolving conflicts?


 * Additional Questions to Consider **

• What did you learn today (this week)? • What still puzzles you? • What did you accomplish in class? • What do you need to accomplish tomorrow? • What do you think about this topic? • Where can you learn more about the topic? • Write a summary of what you learned today. • Write your feelings on how this topic might affect society. • What meaning does this have for the whole world? • How would you explain this concept to a small child? • How could you learn this better? • How will you study this so you remember it later? • What personal experiences have you had that help you understand this? • How can you use this in your own life? • In what occupations do workers use this information? • Make a chart, table, or graph of the information you learned. • What were the key points you learned from the teacher?

What don’t you know or understand [about our topic?] that you would like to? ·

“What confused you most about what you read for/ what we covered today?” ·

“What are the 3 most important things you learned today?” ·

“What are the least important things you learned today?” ·

“What is the main point of the article we just read?” ·

“What are you struggling with in your writing/reading for our class today?” ·

What questions do you think will be on the test and why? ·