Strategy of the Week (SOTW): Hierarchical Analysis

SOTW:  Hierarchical Analysis

Want to have your students think about the concepts you are teaching at a higher level?

Try having them rank them in hierarchical order of importance… 

I came across a video of the strategy in action on the Teaching Channel: 

Directions: 

Student Example from a Spanish 1 Class

1. Students read a text highlighting important words/concepts (give them a specific purpose).
2. Individually students list the most important concepts found within the text in the boxes.
3. Students partner up and discuss rationale for why they included the concepts in the boxes.
4. Students join another partnership and together place the concepts in hierarchical order of importance (triangle) and provide rationale on the lines next to it.

Graphic Organizer Link