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Looking for Techniques

This support material is incorporated into critical challenges at grades 3, 7 and 10, however, it can be adapted for use at all grade levels.

The following document can be adapted and re-saved for your needs.

How Do They Do It? 
This chart helps students identify techniques they might use to complete a project and match techniques with the criteria required for the assignment. To use the chart, students:

• record teacher- or student-generated criteria for the assignment in the left-hand column; e.g., it might be decided that an effective persuasive presentation should be concise, comprehensive and convincing
• identify the techniques used in relevant samples provided by the teacher or gathered by students; e.g., professional and student samples of print and radio ads, television commercials, posters
• record the techniques they identified next to the criterion that each technique supports; e.g., point form and headings are techniques that promote conciseness.

Credits

Adapted from Critical Challenges Across the Curriculum series. Permission granted by The Critical Thinking Consortium for use by Alberta teachers.