Thinking Skills

1) Introduction to Thinking Skills - Powerpoint  Thinking Skills1.ppt

2) Mysteries -  Powerpoint Mysteries.ppt

3) Smashed Nissan Windscreen Mystery by D. Leat

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4 ) Living Graphs & Fortune Lines - Powerpoint Living Graphs & Fortune Lines.ppt

5) Tourism graph & statements taken from Thinking Through Geography by D. Leat

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6) Summarising - Powerpoint  Thinking Skillsummarising.ppt

7) Extract from Isabel Allende's Infinite Plan published by Harper Collins 1993 Extract from The Infinite Plan.doc

8) For specific subject examples for any of the three Thinking Skills strategies log on to the UK Government's Standard Site.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/all/respub/ws_lil_ts

9) See Teacher's TV for a good video showing 2 other strategies - Reading from Photos & Memory Maps.

http://www.teachers.tv/video/2591

Challenge & Engagement

1) For the first 2 activities log onto the UK Government's Standard Site.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/downloads/fs_trmat035002m10engage.pdf

2) Dominoes Activity dominoes.JPG

3) Taboo Activity taken from Thinking Through Geography by D. Leat taboo.JPG

4) Odd One Out Activity odd one out.JPG

5) Collective Memory ( Activity taken from It's a World Thing: Thinking Skills by Rachel Lofthouse)

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For subject specific examples of Collective Memory activities log on to the Uk Government's Standard Site - Leading to Learn.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/all/respub/ws_lil_ts