We would regularly do TOEFL writing practice. I wanted students to put more thought into their essays than they usually did, so I started doing whole class prewrites. Often we used a HipBone board. The main reason I did tht was to force them to think of more than 3 possible ideas to discuss in their essays.
Another time I used a more complex board with 12 places, I believe. We talked about ideas related to the topic: Why movies are popular. After we filled the board, we looked at it for some possible ways to structure the essay. This extended the value of the game.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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Thanks for sharing the ways you've used the hipbone game in class. I've already got my thinking cap on, thinking about ways I could use it, and the form - paper vs. board vs online
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