In trying to ensure that Year 11 can see the connections between events in the novel/play being studied for Controlled Assessment and the language used within them, I used jigsaw puzzles to try to make it more visual.
The class was separated into two teams each with a separate puzzle. Each puzzle had half of its pieces used to represent a quote from the text. Students had to make the puzzle, then discuss and decide what that point was. (i.e. which event in the play/theme/character etc.) This point was then written on a new post it note and placed onto the adjoining puzzle piece. Once completed, the students disassembled the puzzle, jumbled the pieces and moved to the other team’s table (who had done the same). The challenge was then to put the second puzzle together focusing on the points and the evidence. After a discussion as to whether students agreed or disagreed on what the first team had said, all quotes were removed from the puzzles and stuck on the board. The puzzles were then disassembled again and put altogether on one table. Students then had to find the point to which the quote they selected from the board matched to assemble the puzzles as quickly as possible.
Louise Watson
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