Inquiry-mindedness - The Critical Thinking Consortium

ContentsTeacher Activity sheets Studentresourceresource#1 Inquiry 1–4 Reflections on curiosity 5 Combined 10–11minded What do you wonder about? 6Recognizing curiosity 7What really happened? 8Assessing inquiry-mindedness 9#2 Previewing 12–13 Text sample – Elementary 14 Elementary 18Text sample – Secondary 15 Secondary 19Previewing text 16#3 Persuasive 20–22 Analyzing persuasive devices 23 Combined 30writing Persuasive devices: a starting list 24Planning for persuasive writing 25Convince Me! 26–28#4 Responsive 31-33 Conversation scripts 34 Combined 38–40questioning Are these responsive questions? 35Greg Mortenson 36Developing responsive questions 37#5 Credibility 40–42 Witness profiles 43 Combined 46–47of sources Sample sources 44Assessing the credibility of sources 45#6 Investigating 48–54 How curious am I? 55poverty Definitions of poverty 56Poverty: key points 57Hidden rules of poverty 58Hungry decisions in our community 59Objectives• Deepen students’ understanding of being inquiry-minded as a habit of mind• Develop self-regulated use of four literacy strategies:– Anticipating the content of text before reading and accessing prior knowledge to create a mindset forreading– Using literary devices to convince/persuade in a written form– Asking questions that build on the ideas of others– Assessing whether or not sources of information are reliable• Increase sensitivity to the issues and consequences of poverty and increase understanding of andempathy for people in povertyTools for Thought 2008–09:2 iii © The Critical Thinking Consortium