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Teacher Review for Zoom In!

Marjorie P.
Classroom teacher
I.S. 339
Bronx, United States

My Subjects Social Studies

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time More than 15 minutes

Great for Creation
Individual
Knowledge gain
Practice
Small group

Great with Advanced learners
ELL
Low literacy

How I Use It

I used Zoom In to guide my students through the process of writing a DBQ essay. They worked in groups to analyze the documents using the guided questions. They then used the scaffolds to write an essay based on the documents they analyzed.

My Take

I was impressed with the way in which the tool can be used to scaffold every aspect of a DBQ essay. The students were able to use close reading to analyze the documents, with guiding questions at each step. The interactive format allowed them to save notes which they could then use on their final essay. Not only did this tool help them to look more critically at the content, it also helped them appreciate and internalize the process. Excellent tool!

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