KWL (Know, Want to know, Learned) Chart

KWL (Know, Want to know, Learned) Chart Name: _________________________ Date: _______________________ K/W/L (Know, Want to know, Learned) Chart Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is for you to brainstorm all possible directions for your project topic. Later on you will choose the most interesting direction. Assignment: 1. “Know” section: Write 8-10 bullet points of things you already know about your topic. Brainstorm deep into your mind and put down everything you can think of – there are no “stupid answers.” 2. “Want to know” section: Write 8-10 bullet points of things you want to know, or questions you have, about your topic. Try to look at your topic from many different angles and jot down anything you are curious about. 3. “Learned” section: Do some “presearch” by asking other people about your topic, going on the Internet, or skimming through books, magazines or videos. Jot down 8-10 bullet points of interesting or surprising things that you learned about your topic. Rubric: 1 2 3 4 Pre-Student has listed Student has listed Student has listed Bullet points show an knowledge a minimum of all past learning all past learning exhaustive effort to show bullet points with about topic from about topic from all past experiences with a bare minimum school or other school or other topic, including personal, of thinking and educational educational educational, and observed effort. settings, but has settings, also experiences (connections not made other making some to text, self, world) connections to connections to personal or personal or observed observed experiences. experiences. Want to Bullet points show Bullet points show Bullet points show Bullet points show curiosity know little curiosity, some curiosity, curiosity, looking at and creativity, looking at looking at topic looking at topic topic from at least 2 topic from 3 or more from a limited from 1-2 different different angles different angles (social, perspective. angles (social, (social, political, political, economic, political, economic, economic, historical, environmental, historical, historical, experimental or future environmental, environmental, possibilities, etc.) experimental or experimental or future possibilities, future possibilities, etc.) with some etc.) breadth Presearch Bullet points are Bullet points show Bullet points are Bullet points are surprising not beyond some effort to find surprising and and interesting, covering a common information that is interesting, wide range of possible knowledge. Does beyond common covering 3-4 directions for the topic (at not pursue the knowledge. Topic possible directions least 5). Bullet points topic beyond one is covered in at for the topic. show an exhaustive effort possible direction. least 2 possible to brainstorm all possible directions. directions for the project. Name: _________________________ Date: _______________________ Topic: ________________________________________________ K W L What do I already Know What do I Want to know What did I Learn after about this topic? about this topic? presearch?