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This document describes a Tic Tac Toe learning activity that could be used for a unit on Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The Tic Tac Toe board would allow students to choose three activities to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Some example activities described are creating a work of visual art about a theme in the novel, writing a response comparing the novel to the film Django Unchained, or researching and demonstrating an African American dance. The document explains that the Tic Tac Toe format encourages student choice and autonomy while allowing the teacher to include different types of activities.

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Choice Board Activity

This document describes a Tic Tac Toe learning activity that could be used for a unit on Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The Tic Tac Toe board would allow students to choose three activities to demonstrate their understanding of the novel. Some example activities described are creating a work of visual art about a theme in the novel, writing a response comparing the novel to the film Django Unchained, or researching and demonstrating an African American dance. The document explains that the Tic Tac Toe format encourages student choice and autonomy while allowing the teacher to include different types of activities.

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Andrew Moulton

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Pat Larson
Choice Board Learning Activity 6-C-1
March 23, 2015
Set A Acquire:
After reviewing Agendas, Choice Boards, and Tic Tac Toe, Ive come to the conclusion that they
would all work well in my classes, and since I have already looked at Agendas and Choice
Boards in other assignments, Ill use this one to look into Tic Tac Toe. I think it would work
especially well in my classroom for a number of reasons. First, as an end of term finale, it would
allow students to self select, according to their readiness, from a series of mini projects that
would aim to demonstrate their knowledge of a unit. Allowing students to self-select at their own
discretion would emphasize their blossoming independence and autonomy - something I actively
encourage in my classes. I would use this format to differentiate for student learning preferences
and would use the Tic Tac Toe Board to hit on different intelligences such as the musical, lyrical,
or visually artistic. Lastly and most importantly, I think it would be fun for both me and the
students, and while I havent used Tic Tac Toe Boards before, some of my end of term projects
have been composed of similar attributes, and asked that students condense, reshape, and present
their knowledge on a topic.
Set B Compare:

Choice Board
Pro
Students can be directed toward critical
information
Allows students some choice

Con
Might need to create another Choice Board for
students who might struggle
Need to make sure that options are of
appropriate level as to avoid an easy opt out.
Limited choice when compared with Tic Tac
Toe

Teacher can offer a variety of activities

Tic Tac Toe


Pro
Tons of choice which encourages student
investment and autonomy
Great for review of a unit
Can be completed however student wishes
Teacher can include various activities for

Con
Too much choice could be overwhelming for
students
Need to make sure that options are of
appropriate level as to avoid an easy opt out.
Not appropriate for beginner students who
need more structure and guidance.
Does not allow teacher to direct how a student

different intelligences.

chooses to complete the Tic Tac Toe

Set C Demonstrate:

Tic Tac Toe


Toni Morrisons Beloved
(A) Create a piece of visual art
(size: 24 inches by 36 inches)
that incorporates at least three
mediums and addresses your
interpretation of one of the major
themes in the novel. Write an
artists statement that details your
values and your reasons for
creating the piece.

(A) Watch Django Unchained


How does the movie influence
your understanding of the novel
Beloved? Cite three examples in
a 500 word response.

(A) Based on an internet search,


discuss dance and rhythm in the
African American heritage.
Explain what these dances
communicate and why they are
culturally important.
And lastly, learn one of the
dances and demonstrate it to the
class.
(B)Why did Stamp Paid and
Baby Suggs give themselves
their own names? What does the
act of renaming signify? What
does it say about the characters
who engage in it? If you were to
rename yourself what would it be
and why?

(B) Using one of the beats from


the Django Unchained
soundtrack, create a song that
captures the essence of slavery as
Sethe experiences it, and yet
reflects emancipation as well.

(B) Imagine you were Sethe:


What would you have done that
day in the shed? Would you have
tried to kill your children? How
would you justify your actions to
the community; to your friends?

(A) Work with two of your peers


to answer the following question:
Research at least three articles
about slavery.
Short answer: In what ways are
they similar; what makes them
more or less effective in telling
their tale?
Create a graph that visually
represents your findings.
(B) Compose a short ghost story
that reflects the theme of Home.
Incorporate three elements from
Beloved into your story and
highlight them.

(B) Short answer: In 350 words,


how would you feel if Sethe were
a man? Does it make a difference
that a father kills his children?

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