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What multiple intelligence learning style does a superhero story activity use?

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A superhero story activity is a great way to spice up expository writing. It can be a creative way to use content. Imagine your students making Abe Lincoln a superhero. If you are a science teacher, how about white blood cells as superheros? Language Arts can use this activity for creative writing too.

Teachers can bring in different multiple intelligence learning styles to increase student interest during an activity. The more multiple intelligence learning styles teachers can use during a class the more students they can reach. The following are used in a superhero story activity:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

The linguistic multiple intelligence learning style is catered to during writing. The spatial multiple intelligence learning stylecan be brought in by expanding the story to include a drawing of their superhero. I recommend allowing students to write their superhero stories individually (intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style). Although it is possible to do this in partners or groups, I have seen that most of the time their are many students not engaged. If a teacher wanted to include the interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style then they could always allow the students to read their stories to a partner or a group for suggestions or peer review.

Teachers can differentiate instruction for this superhero story activity by providing their students with choices of other activities that use other multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content. Using activity templates can help decrease the planning time for teachers. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates. They also include rubrics. It is well worth a look if you differentiate instruction for your work sessions. You can also connect with Kasha Mastrodomenico on Linkedin.com.

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What multiple intelligence learning styles are used for a diorama activity?

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Diorama’s are a great activity that is used more often in primary school than secondary school. I think this is unfortunate especially for those students who have a kinesthetic multiple intelligence learning style or a spatial multiple intelligence learning style. Doing hands on activities might take a little longer to do but the time it takes can be decreased if materials are prepared ahead of time and are limited. I believe that supplies should be limited to necessities because many students will preoccupy themselves with making it “pretty” or “cool”. Students need to be focused on showing the content in the scene not decorating.

Activities like a diorama are a great way to  bring the multiple intelligence learning styles into a classroom. The following are used for a diorama activity:

  • Kinesthetic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

A diorama is a hands on activity. They literally have to be built. If the supplies are limited and the directions clear and concise it could be a magnificent activity for a student diagnosed with ADHD because it allows them to move. On the other hand if the supplies are endless or have to be foraged for and or the directions are unclear, it would be disastrous  for students diagnosed with ADHD. Students who are labeled ADHD do often have the kinesthetic multiple intelligence learning style because of their need for movement.

Another multiple intelligence learning style that is used in a diorama is the spatial multiple intelligence learning style. The spatial multiple intelligence learning style has to do with visuals. The spatial multiple intelligence learning styleis sometimes called visual learning style. A diorama serves as a scene. As they build, the scene comes to life. Before they build it they need to visualize what they want it to look like.

Teachers can bring in the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style by expanding the diorama activityto include an oral or written description of the scene. If time is a concern, oral will be faster. If you don’t think you will have enough time to listen to each group, you can have cameras set up that can record their oral description.

Dioramas can be done either individually, intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style, or with a partner, interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style. I do not recommend doing this as a group activity of more than 3 because there will be too many students not actively engaged in the project.

Teachers can differentiate instruction for this project in two ways. The first is to offer other activities as an alternate that use the other original multiple intelligence learning styles from Dr. Howard Gardner. These would be musical and logical-mathematical multiple intelligence learning styles. A teacher can then allow their students to choose which one interests them the most. Another way to differentiate instruction for this activity is to allow students to choose how they would like to work. They can choose to work individually, with a partner or with a group. If teachers allow these choices to be made the day before, then:

  1. the students look forward to the next day.
  2. the students have more ownership in their education.
  3. it allows the teacher enough time to run copies and get materials ready.
  4. it allows the teacher to group students within their choices but with the appropriate people to get the best outcome.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers more than 50 activity templates with rubrics, like the diorama above, that can help teachers differentiate instruction using the multiple intelligence learning styles. Check it out! If you are only interested in the diorama activity with a rubric you can click here. You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico by connecting with her on Linkedin.com.

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What multiple intelligence learning styles are used for a brochure activity?

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A brochure activity is a great way to mix creativity and content. Brochures are usually filled with information about an area or contain directions about doing something. This allows a brochure activity to be done in Science, Social Studies and Language Arts depending on the curriculum.

Bringing in the multiple intelligence learning styles are a great way to interest students in an activity. The more multiple intelligence learning styles a teacher can bring into an activity the more students they have a chance of reaching. Brochure activities use four different multiple intelligence learning styles. The following are used in a brochure activity:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

Brochures, using informative language, use the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style. A brochure activity can give a little spunk to expository writing. It can help grab the attention of students.

Brochures wouldn’t be much to look at without pictures. This section will interest those students with the spatial multiple intelligence learning style. Teachers can allow students to either draw or choose pictures and other images to cut and paste. A brochure activity is a good one to do on the computer as well with Publisher.

A brochure activity can be done either individually (intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style) or with a partner (interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style). You can have your students choose the day before how they would like to do the activity. That way you differentiate instruction for the different multiple intelligence learning styles. You will also have time to put them in partners you think will work the best, preferably one of the partners will have a strong linguistic multiple intelligence learning style and the other will have a strong spatial multiple intelligence learning style.

Teachers can differentiate instruction by providing their students with four options for activities all using different multiple intelligence learning styles and using the same content. Using activity templates can help teachers differentiate instruction more often during work sessions. When I started to allow students to choose their activity the day before I noticed that students looked forward to coming to class the next day because they had greater ownership over their education. It also allows you to make the correct copies needed for the activity.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates, like the brochure above, based on the multiple intelligence learning styles. Each comes with a rubric. Check it out! You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico by connecting with her on Linkedin.com.

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Kasha Mastrodomenico

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What multiple intelligence learning styles are used for a post card activity?

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When doing activities in the classroom, teachers should try to use as many multiple intelligence learning styles as possible especially if they don’t intent to differentiate instruction by giving students options of activities focusing on different multiple intelligence learning styles. I have noticed the more multiple intelligence learning styles I can use in an activity session the more interested more of my students are in it. The following are used in a post card activity:

  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

On the front of the post card is a picture or a drawing usually of the place one is visiting. The student with the spatial multiple intelligence learning style will not only appreciate but also enjoy this part of the post card activity. The drawing or picture selection could help to inspire them during the writing section also. Anytime a teacher can use art, the spatial multiple intelligence learning style is used.

On the other side of the post card is the writing section. Creative writing using content will interest those students with the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style and it can be a nice alternative to a paragraph or essay expository writing assignment. Make sure the students know what pieces of content to use in their writing. If you can provide a rubric to them before they start it will allow them to focus on what is really important for the assignment.

Post card activities can be done either individually (intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style) or with a partner (interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style). I do not recommend doing this type of activity with a group because there will be a lot of students disengaged and it will lead to discipline problems in the class.

As mentioned previously, teachers can differentiate instruction for work session activities by providing students with options for activities based on different multiple intelligence learning styles. I tend to stop at four options. I also allow students to choose the day before an activity how they wish to work. In the case of the post card activity, I would allow them to choose if they want to work by themselves or with a partner. This differentiates instruction for the interpersonal and intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning styles. I do not allow them to choose who they work with. If they choose to work with a partner, then try to make a partnership between a linguistic and a spatial multiple intelligence learning style. Using activity templates can help save time in the planning process also.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 multiple intelligence learning style templates, like the post card above, to help decrease the planning process for differentiated instruction. They all include rubrics. Check it out! You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico by connecting with her on Linkedin.com.

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Kasha Mastrodomenico

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What multiple intelligence learning styles are used in a diary entry activity?

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Diary entries are great for using content. Social Studies teachers like to use it to allow students to personalize historic figures and events. Science teachers could really have fun with this also. Can you imagine writing a diary entry as the heart? Language Arts teachers also enjoy using this to increase the amount of writing in class in order to practice correct grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Diary entries are helpful to find out how much a student really knows or feels about a piece of content. They can be done in class or as homework for review. Diary entries use multiple intelligence learning styles also and is a great option to give students for differentiated instruction work sessions. The following are used during a diary entry activity:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

Writing of course uses the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style. Students really need to be creative and get into the persona of the character they are writing as. It is a nice alternative to give for expository writing due to the content it can use.

I believe that diary entries should be written solo using the intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style. They should not be written in a partner or group situation because diary entries are personal. If a student has a difficult time doing this alone then you can offer that student an alternate assignment using other multiple intelligence learning styles but using the same content. Offering students a choice of activities based on different multiple intelligence learning styles is one way to differentiate instruction in the your classroom and increase the interest in your students.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 multiple intelligence learning style activity templates, like the diary entry above, that can help you differentiate instruction for you work sessions. They all come with rubrics. Check it out! You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico by connecting with her on Linkedin.com.

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What multiple intelligence learning styles work together in a comic strip activity?

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Having students create a comic strip during an activity work session allows students to use different multiple intelligence learning styles in your classroom. The following are used in a comic strip activity:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multple Intelligence Learning Style

Comic strips obviously have drawings on them. Any time art is used it triggers the use of the spatial multiple intelligence learning style. Comics are visuals and help the student that has the spatial multiple intelligence learning style represent the content that needs to be used and ultimately learned.

Comic strips also use the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style because they, most the time, have short conversations that have some sort of witty end to them that makes the reader chuckle. Playing with words in that manner challenges and interests the student with the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style.

The creation of a comic strip can be done individually (intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style) or with a partner (interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style). I try to give students the choice of how to work the day before so that I can then decide with whom they will work if they choose to work with a partner. When selecting the partners I do two things:

  1. Separate the students based on who has a strong linguistic multiple intelligence learning style and who has a strong spatial multiple intelligence learning style.
  2. Decide who will work well together

Teachers can easily differentiate instruction by offering students other activities using the same content but different multiple intelligence learning styles. Using activity templates can be a fast way of planning a differentiated instruction work session.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates with rubrics based on the multiple intelligence learning styles. Check it out! You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico by connecting with her on Linkedin.com.

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What multiple intelligence learning style is used for a magazine advertisement activity?

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Having your students create an advertisement for a magazine as a work session activity is a great way to bring in different multiple intelligence learning styles to your classroom. The following are used:

  • Linguistic Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Spatial Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Intrapersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style
  • Interpersonal Multiple Intelligence Learning Style

Magazine Advertisements usually have some sort of slogan that represents the brand or the product. It is a catch phrase that helps to sell the good or service. In the classroom, the slogan needs to represent the content that the activity is based on. Because slogans are short, it helps the student identify the most important aspect of the content. Slogans require the linguistic multiple intelligence learning style be used.

Photographs or pictures are also used for magazine advertisements. Any type of visual allows for the spatial multiple intelligence learning style to be used. The visual must also represent or relate to the content.

Activities like the magazine advertisement can be done individually using the intrapersonal multiple intelligence learning style or with a partner using the interpersonal multiple intelligence learning style. I do not recommend doing this activity as a group of three or more.

Teachers can differentiate instruction by offering their students a choice of activities that use other multiple intelligence learning styles and the same content. Rubrics must be weighted similarly to ensure equality in grading. Using activity templates can help save teachers a lot of time in the planning process and allows them to insert exactly what their content is.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kasha-Mastrodomenico offers over 50 activity templates with rubrics, like the magazine advertisement above, all based on the multiple intelligence learning styles. They can be a huge time saver for differentiated instruction. Check it out! You can also get advice from Kasha Mastrodomenico on Linkedin.com.

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Kasha Mastrodomenico

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