A jar of your first impressions

This week I got the idea to get my students to be brave and write their own understanding and definitions of certain terms in the class. I have used this activity throughout all my classes.

It was a simple activity yet powerful to get students to discuss their understanding. You just need an empty jar! Yes, the empty biscuits jar! What I did was in the first few minutes after I introduced the topic to my students, instead of going ahead with explanations I got them to write their first definit...