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    The document describes different ways to use hexagonal thinking activities in the classroom. Students are given hexagons with important elements from a text and work in groups to connect the elements and make assertions about how they relate. Groups then present their conclusions. The document provides three specific options - having students find connections and group hexagons, sharing their findings with their group, or using hexagons to determine the overall message of a text. Ready-made hexagonal thinking activities are also available for different literary texts.

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    The document describes different ways to use hexagonal thinking activities in the classroom. Students are given hexagons with important elements from a text and work in groups to connect the elements and make assertions about how they relate. Groups then present their conclusions. The document provides three specific options - having students find connections and group hexagons, sharing their findings with their group, or using hexagons to determine the overall message of a text. Ready-made hexagonal thinking activities are also available for different literary texts.

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    The document describes different ways to use hexagonal thinking activities in the classroom. Students are given hexagons with important elements from a text and work in groups to connect the elements and make assertions about how they relate. Groups then present their conclusions. The document provides three specific options - having students find connections and group hexagons, sharing their findings with their group, or using hexagons to determine the overall message of a text. Ready-made hexagonal thinking activities are also available for different literary texts.

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    Hexagonal Thinking

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    Lilian Hamzah
    The document describes different ways to use hexagonal thinking activities in the classroom. Students are given hexagons with important elements from a text and work in groups to connect the elements and make assertions about how they relate. Groups then present their conclusions. The document provides three specific options - having students find connections and group hexagons, sharing their findings with their group, or using hexagons to determine the overall message of a text. Ready-made hexagonal thinking activities are also available for different literary texts.

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    HEXAGONAL THINKING

    Use the templates on the following pages to create your hexagons.

    1. Type or write in all of the important elements of the text you are using:
    characters, plot events, literary elements, etc.

    2. Each group will need all of them, so if you have five sheets of hexagons,
    you will need to copy all five for each group.

    3. Instruct each group to find elements that are connected and group them
    together.

    4. Ask them to choose one important connection and write an assertion


    about how these elements work together in the text.

    5. Once they make their choice, give them an 11 x 17 piece of paper and ask
    them to write their assertion at the top and to glue the related hexagons to
    the paper. Each group can then present their conclusions to the class.
    Here you can see the
    posters my class did for
    Jean Anouilh’s version of
    Antigone. In the play,
    Antigone and Creon have
    different outlooks on life,
    happiness, and duty. It was
    written in WW2 France,
    and each character is
    symbolic of the ways the
    French dealt with Nazi
    occupation.
    MORE WAYS TO USE:
    OPTION TWO:
    1. Make enough for three or four groups in your class (I did four groups of
    6). I copied each group in a different color, just to keep it all straight.

    2. Give each person in the group a handful of them (random). Ask them to
    come up with several ways they fit together. They may get lucky and it
    will be obvious, or they may have to “stretch their brain” to make a
    connection.

    3. Next have them find their group (color) and ask them to share what they
    concluded. After each one has shared, they can decide on the best
    groupings. You can repeat the process on the previous page or just have
    them record their assertions and how they would support them.

    OPTION THREE:
    Give each group the hexagons and tell them to play around with them to try to
    decide what the writer’s overall message is and how it’s achieved. This is more
    open-ended but is probably my students’ favorite way to use them.

    Want more guidance? Check out this blog post.


    READY MADE HEXAGONAL
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    THINKING
    HEXAGONAL THINKING FOR MACBETH
    This hexagonal thinking activity for Macbeth is perfect for critical
    thinking as students will use it to find connections between all of the
    key elements of the play. Use it for discussion, skill building, and
    collaboration. It's also the perfect activity to use before a test or as a
    pre-writing activity for an essay or project. Whichever you choose, the
    activity will be a hit with your students! Check out the other texts I have
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    MORE VISIBLE LEARNING
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    ACTIVITIES
    Active Learning Exercises
    Get your students actively engaged in the learning process with these exercises -
    all you need is some paper, sticky notes, markers and/or colored pencils. Then,
    you can choose from one of over THIRTY activities that will get your students
    thinking critically as they collaborate with their classmates. Just download,
    choose an activity, and get your students excited about learning.

    Essay Revision Stations


    These stations are designed to take your students through the process of
    revising their essays in a thoughtful, step-by-step manner. They are meant to
    be used after students have already written a first draft of an essay and are
    suitable for any expository or persuasive essay, including ones that require
    research. Available for in class and online use.

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