tarsia
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What is Tarsia and how to get it?
• It’s a free software – which we can use to make jigsaw puzzles, follow me cards, dominos and matching rectangular cards .
• Google search – tarsia software download, follow the links
• The software will be up and running in minutes.
Ideas forRemembering
• Q&A• The main events of
WWII• The main events of s
story• Grouping cells, body
systems and functions• Balancing chemical
equations
Ideas for Ordering and Sequencing:
• Following a recipe• Following a narrative plot
• Historical events• Procedure for an
experiment
The size of the shape depends upon how much
detail you want the students explore.
You have a variety of options when determining the size of
the puzzle.
Write your question and answer in the
corresponding sections.
The software will create the shape for you and place your input in the
correct format.
It’s EASY!
You can review your
puzzle before it’s sent to
print.
The ladies in reprographics will
prepare and sort this for you.
Make sure you leave them plenty of
advance notice as it is time consuming.
A permanent and reusable resource
Using Tarsia in English • Starter activities• Assessment for Learning lessons• Definitions, examples and techniques• Language analysis– Prose & Poetry: matching points to evidence and
effect on reader– Difference between literal and implied meaning
Levelling: Words and Sentences
Sentence Type. Definition. Example
TechniqueExample
Level
Tarsia: Activities and Skills Activities
• Matching Pairs• Cause and Effect• Discussing Language• Understanding the level
descriptors• Learning definitions• Learning techniques• Ordering and sequencing• Structuring analysis
Higher Level Thinking• Remember• Understand• Apply• Analyse• Evaluate• Create
Bloom’s Taxonomy
How do these resources support learning?
• Encourages collaborative group work• Promotes independent learning • Helps pupils to identify gaps in their learning.• Students can actually be given blank Tarsia
shapes to create their own puzzles in lesson and share these with another group
Please do not confuse them
TARSIER TARSIA