Unfinished sentences

This strategy will help students to:

  • reflect individually on their learning experiences and how these activities can be applied to their lives

  • generalise skills and knowledge to other situations

  • monitor and evaluate a decision making process

  • understand and manage their emotions.

Implementation

  1. After being involved in a learning experience, or series of learning experiences, students consider then answer the following questions either verbally, in written form or with drawings. These may be recorded in a journal.

  • I learnt that …

  • I was surprised that …

  • I felt today was … because …

  • I intend to …

  • I think it is important to …

  • I still want to know …

  1. Provide opportunities for students to share their thoughts with others. This can be done using strategies such as think-pair-share or circle talk.