#tlab14 teaching learning assessment conference berkhamsted : jo debens talk on gcse geography

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)

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LEARNING GRIDS

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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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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

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Story cubes add random element…

Revision cubes

Jo Debens @geodebs jodebens.com