In this week’s issue:
Elementary/Secondary TACTics
(2) Yani’s Goal:
Practice Session Sample: Logic Branch,
Cheryl A. Edwards
(3) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl
A. Edwards
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ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY
TACTICS
(2)
Yani’s Goal ,
Practice Session Sample: Logic Branch
By Cheryl Edwards, USA
As educators, we know that it
is important to provide students with opportunities to learn, to practice what
they have learned, and then time to apply what they have learned to authentic situations.
The story of Yani’s Goal is based on the teach/practice/apply methodology.
There are three parts in each
chapter of Yani’s Goal. In the
first part, Yani
learns how to use a TOC tool. In the second part, he is given several
opportunities to practice what he has learned, and in the third part, he uses
what he has learned in an authentic situation.
The following lesson is an
example of what a student might find in the practice sessions.
A slight difference-the practice sessions in Yani’s Goal are
interactive. TACTics is not. So, won’t you have some fun and work through the
lesson before checking to see the possible answers?
Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running
up and down upon him. This soon wakened
the Lion, who placed his huge paw on him and opened his big jaws to swallow
him. “Pardon, O King,” cried the little
Mouse. “Forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may
be able to do you a turn some of these days?”
The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him
that he lifted up his paw and let him go.
Some time after the Lion was caught in a rope trap. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass
by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon
chewed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” said the little Mouse.
Let’s use the IF /THEN
tree to help us discover the moral to this fable (lesson learned).
(For our TACTics readers:
On a separate sheet of paper you might want to start with a box at the bottom
of the page numbered ‘1’. Fill in box 1
with the answer to the first question.
Then draw an arrow from box 1 to the next box and label it ‘2’. Fill in the answer to the next question in
box 2. Continue this process until all
questions have been answered.)
1. What happened first?
The
Mouse awakened the Lion by running up and down him.
Write
this in Box 1.
2. IF the
Mouse awakened the Lion THEN what
happened?
Write
your answer in Box 2.
3. IF the
Lion got ready to eat the Mouse THEN
what happened?
Write
your answer in Box 3.
4. IF the
Mouse asked to be saved THEN what
happened?
Write
your answer in BOX 4.
5. IF the
amused Lion let him go THEN what
happened?
Write
your answer in Box 5.
6. IF the
mouse saw the Lion caught in a trap THEN
what happened?
Write
your answer in BOX 6.
7. IF the
Mouse wanted to help him THEN what
happened?
Write your answer in BOX 7.
8. IF the
Mouse chewed away at the ropes THEN what
happened?
Write
your answer in BOX 8.
9. Think about the cause and effect information
you have just identified. What lesson
did the Lion learn when the little Mouse was able to help him? Write your answer(s) in Box 9.
Some possible answers:
Box 1- provided
Box 2- The Lion put his paw on the Mouse and got ready to
eat him.
Box 3- The Mouse asked to be saved and suggested he would do
a good deed in turn.
Box 4- The Lion, amused that the Mouse thought he might be
able to help, let him go.
Box 5- The Mouse was able to see that the Lion got caught in
a trap.
Box 6- The Mouse wanted to
return the favor and help the lion.
Box 7- The Mouse helped by
chewing away at the ropes.
Box 8- The ropes broke and
the Lion was set free.
Box 9- Some Lessons
Learned-
Little
friends may prove great friends.
Don’t judge a person by his size.
Everyone
can help in some way.
If you have not
done so already, you may want to check out www.tocforschools.com
, where you will be able to "Take a Tour" of Yani’s Goal as well get more information on the other
components of the program.
Be sure not to
miss the "Learning Objectives" listed for each chapter.
Also check out the following issues of TACTics to see other examples of TOC practice lessons based on Yani’s Goal Practice lessons-
·
January
3,2003 – Cloud (The Frog Prince) fiction
·
January
17, 2003- Ambitious Target (The Three
Little Pigs) fiction
·
January
31, 2003- Logic Branch (Moose in Danger) Non
fiction
(3) Kay Buckner-Seal,
Cheryl A. Edwards
Won’t
you share your experiences with us? If
you use this Logic Branch lesson or any of the others provided in TACTics
please drop us a short message and tell us about it. We are very eager to hear from you. Send your responses, applications of the
thinking processes, lessons, announcements, and etc. by mail to: Cheryl A.
Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Rd., Cedarville,
Michigan 49719, USA. Or send hyperlink
to cedwards@cedarville.net or kayseal@comcast.net.
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