Appendix 1 - Instructional & Assessment Supports

• Direct Instruction: Structured Overview, Lecture, Didactic Questions
• Indirect Instruction: Creative Problem Solving, Reflective Discussion, Writing to Inform, Reading for Meaning
• Experiential Learning: Field Trips, Theatre Games, Storytelling, Role playing (Interviews), Synectic Thinking
• Independent Study: Reflective Journals, Portfolio Writing, Writing in Role, Graphic Organizers, Learning Logs, Research Projects (Timeline Chart), Assigned Questions, Computer Assisted Research
• Interactive Instruction: Brainstorming, Jigsaw, Peer Partnering, Whole Group Discussion, Think-Pair-Share, Structured Controversy, Scene Study
• Instructional Skills: Explaining, Demonstrating, Questioning, Wait Time, Levels of Questions

Cultural Mosaic: a term used to describe the ethnic groups, languages and cultures that co-exist within Canadian society.

Marginalization: to relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge of social standing.

Objective: What a character wants to achieve by their words and actions in a scene (Scene Objective) or in the entire play (Overall or Super Objective).

Social Injustice: a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens.

• Observation: Anecdotal Records, Group Observation Sheets, Checklists, Oral Feedback, Rating Scales, Rubrics
• Questioning: Exit Slip, Teacher Student Interview
• Pencil and Paper: Portfolios, Reflective Journals, Written Assignments, Self and Peer Evaluation, Quizzes and Tests, Culminating Activities