Four Corners - The Teacher Toolkit
Four Corners - The Teacher Toolkit is a structured group exercise for closure and transfer: it helps participants close the session and carry learning into the next action.
How to run it
- Ask students to gather in the corner of the room that corresponds to their choice. In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.
- Allow two or three minutes of discussion. Call on students to present a group summary of their opinions. This can be done through an oral presentation or as a written statement.
- Students express their opinion or response by standing in front of one of four statements, and then talking to others about why they have chosen their corner.
- In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.
- Prepare Generate a controversial statement or a question related to your topic of study.
- Create four different opinions (often teachers use “Strongly Agree,” “Agree,” “Disagree,” and “Strongly Disagree”) related to the statement or four possible answer choices to the question.
- Present Read the statement or problem to the class, without giving them choices.
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Prompts to use +
Ask students to gather in the corner of the room that corresponds to their choice. In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.
Allow two or three minutes of discussion. Call on students to present a group summary of their opinions. This can be done through an oral presentation or as a written statement.
Students express their opinion or response by standing in front of one of four statements, and then talking to others about why they have chosen their corner.
In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.
Prepare Generate a controversial statement or a question related to your topic of study.
Create four different opinions (often teachers use “Strongly Agree,” “Agree,” “Disagree,” and “Strongly Disagree”) related to the statement or four possible answer choices to the question.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Four Corners - The Teacher Toolkit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask students to gather in the corner of the room that corresponds to their choice. In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.; Allow two or three minutes of discussion. Call on students to present a group summary of their opinions. This can be done through an oral presentation or as a written statement.; Students express their opinion or response by standing in front of one of four statements, and then talking to others about why they have chosen their corner.; In each corner, students form groups of two or three to discuss the reasons for selecting a particular choice.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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