Variation Diagrams
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| Target level | JHS |
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- Write 8 or 10 nouns on the board in a circle. The nouns should be connected in sense to a common theme. For example, macaroni, apples, ice cream, salt, yogurt, water, fish and curry.
- Ask students to suggest a point of comparison between any two. For example, "Ice cream is more fattening than yogurt." Draw a line between ice cream and yogurt to represent the comparison
- Ask for another sentence linking two other items.
- Repeat until a nice criss-cross pattern is formed.
- Example word groups:
- Boots, coat, dress, shirt, hat, watch, umbrella, jeans.
- Lion, spider, snake, cat, mouse, fly, fish, man.
- Reading, swimming, sleeping, watching TV, eating, driving, dancing, studying.
- Hairdresser, bus driver, housewife, secretary, pilot, teacher, mechanic, doctor.
- Field, wood, river, city, village, sea, lake, mountain.
- Car, train, plane, spaceship, bicycle, ship, skis, submarine.
