Gallery Walk
A gallery walk is a stroll through an artist's work to enjoy and discuss the work's pearls and possibilities. At this time, your net etiquette is extremely important: always watch and listen to the words you type: are they positive even when you are making suggestions?
What gems will you find? Here's how:
Physical Walk
Materials: sticky notes/pencil
- Students place work on desks. Every one walks to the desk to the left (or as directed by teacher).
- Read this students writing, which is on their desk. Read it once through to understand the main idea, message, and theme.
- Read the writing through one more time, this time stopping at a favorite or interesting part to add a comment on the sticky note about what you liked and why.
- Read the writing through once more for a spot that confuses you, or that lacks pizazz. Write on the same sticky note a suggestion or question about this part.
- Sign your name.
- Repeat for the next person.
Virtual Walk
After teacher direction of which online files to view, students take a virtual walk through student work:
- Login
- Students find the assigned files as directed.
- Read this students writing once through to understand the main idea, message, and theme.
- Read the writing through one more time, this time stopping at a favorite or interesting part to add a comment about what you liked and why. Add a thank you.
- Read the writing through once more for a spot that confuses you, or that lacks pizazz. Write the comment to explain your suggestion or question about this part. Add a thank you.
- Repeat for the next person.
After a gallery walk we will debrief:
- What comments helped you with your writing?
- Which comments did not help you?
- If there were any comments that bothered you, explain why so we can address the issue. This is a difficult area to learn to be overly positive and helpful even when disagreeing or making suggestions.
- Which comments helped you revise your work? What advice did you accept and why?
- What advice did you not accept and why?
- What did you learn about helping others with their writing?
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