4 Corners Concept Model-Example

The 4 Corners concept model is based on providing a framework by which teachers can use to dialogue many kinds of interactions among other teachers and their students.  One concept I think about is asking questions for text comprehension. Teacher poses a question or statement from a text such as Frankenstein, Statement: Victor is the real monster in the story.  Student responses would be reflective of these possible student responses: strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree.

Asking Questions for Student Comprehension

I think it is important… Because it gives students an opportunity to explain what they know and discover what they don’t know. As well students are giving the opportunity to make connections with the text and express their understanding with each other. To think about texts and make meaning from various themes with in a text.	A symbol for it might be… Statements and questions from familiar texts. Cooperative Learning Whole-Class Discussions Peer-interactions Games Making decisions
I already meet the needs of my students…  By asking questions for comprehension. Asking questions and making statements as informal ways of assessment.  Use whole-class, and small group discussions, cooperative learning and reading study groups as away to provide students with more opportunities to learn.	I need to know… If students are fully understanding what they are reading.  If students can work with each other to express their ideas about several kinds of text. Are able to use questions as away to interact with the text. Able to explain why they made the choice they did.

Summary: Students move to the corner that best fits their way of thinking.  They share their ideas within their perspective corners and then come to a joint discussion.  One member of each group shares the results of the discussion with the whole class.  This idea can be used as a pre-assessment to see what students are thinking and already know and is informal consisting of students contribution in partnership and group work and students being able to explain their reasoning why they strongly agree, agree, disagree or strongly disagree.

Reference Link:

Four Corners http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshenglish/fourners.html

Gregory, G. (2008). Differentiated instructional strategies in practice: training, implementation,

and supervision (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.