Cubing
When to use:
- to interact with the text and make connections
- to organize ideas after reading
- to build comprehension
- get students to see text through different lenses
- scaffolding with students who need extra support
How to use:
1. Teacher chooses topic to cube or students choose a familiar topic to cube.
2. Teacher divides students into six groups. Each group examines the topic from one of the six dimensions. (Alternate:
divide students into groups of six and each member of the group does one of the six dimensions.)
3. Students then brainstorm ideas about the topic within the group about the dimension(s) and quickwrite or make a
drawing using the ideas they came up with.
4. Students then share their quickwrite/drawings with the class (or their group) and put them together on a cardboard box
or use the foldable.
- to interact with the text and make connections
- to organize ideas after reading
- to build comprehension
- get students to see text through different lenses
- scaffolding with students who need extra support
How to use:
1. Teacher chooses topic to cube or students choose a familiar topic to cube.
2. Teacher divides students into six groups. Each group examines the topic from one of the six dimensions. (Alternate:
divide students into groups of six and each member of the group does one of the six dimensions.)
3. Students then brainstorm ideas about the topic within the group about the dimension(s) and quickwrite or make a
drawing using the ideas they came up with.
4. Students then share their quickwrite/drawings with the class (or their group) and put them together on a cardboard box
or use the foldable.
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Neeld, E.C. (1990.) Writing (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Scott Foresman/ Pearson.