1. Thinking Maps

2. Share with your table how you used Thinking Maps in your classroom

3. Double Bubble
Helps students compare and contrast ideas, people, cultures, concepts, or objects they are studying.

4. Helpful Tips for Using the Double Bubble
For Beginning ELD levels use related, rather than unique ideas
For Intermediate and Early advanced levels allow students to gather information using a tree map about the topic before having them compare and contrast using a double bubble.

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Use to clarify confusing Ideas

6. Juan is the rock of his family.
Found outside
Sometimes found in groups
rock
Juan
strong
Use to it to understand metaphorical thinking
Juan is the rock of his family.

7. Use for valuing and evaluating
Wider aisels
Discount prices
Sells more
Walmart
Target
Negative news
Sells Nick and Nora
crowded
Use for valuing and evaluating

8. Frame of reference for Point of View
Democrat
nomination
Republican
nomination
Who would benefit from this information: First time Voter
Frame of reference for Point of View

9. Tree Map
Students classify information based on similar qualities, attributes, or ideas

10. Useful Tips Cognates Develop vocabulary English words Spanish words
magic
magia
class
clase

11. Useful Tips Words for women
Classification of synonyms as having a positive, negative, or nuetral tone
Words for women
Positive
Negative
Neutral
Figurative Lang.
lady
nag
female
Belle of the Ball
princess
shrew

12. Useful Tips Types of Triangles Use to identify elements of a story
Note taking
Types of Triangles
Obtuse
Right
Acute

13. Useful Tips Polar Bears Use to help write compositions
Physical Characteristics
Habitat
Eating Habits

14. Useful Tips Christmas Use for expressive writing Decorations Food
Activities

15. Useful Tips Brown Bear can look like fish
Use for sentence construction
Brown Bear
can
look
like
fish
stand
scary