All learners are not made the same. They learn in different ways, so we need to adapt to the various educational needs of our learners. Here are 19 different exercise types you can adapt in order to reach the diverse learners in a group.

1. 19 ExerciseTypesYou Can Adapt to
Reach Even the Most Difficult Students
Teaching Groups of
Diverse Learners:

2. Meet the
diverse group
of learners
of your
“new” class
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4. Quite a distinctive group of
learners, aren’t they?
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5. You don’t think they all
learn in the same way, do you?http://www.eduplan.us/careers/branding/

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So,
what
are you
going to
do?

7. http://bravegirlsclub.com/i-have-an-idea-vintage-canvas

8. Meet your
learners’
needs
Using a
Variety of
Exercise
Types
including:

9. COGNITIVE PAIRS

10. FILL in the BLANKS or Gap Fill
It’s August, so the weather is _____ and _______
today

11. WORD or LETTER UNSCRAMBLE
The boy has a ebul shirt and erd hair.
Freckles he too on face his has.

12. RE-ORDERING a SEQUENCE
How to Make Pizza:
Put the steps in the correct order
Slice the pizza
Toss the pizza
dough
Put on tomato sauce
Enjoy your pizza
Knead the dough
Add cheese
Bake in a pizza oven
http://searchingtheinnerme.blogspot.com/2011/03/tossing-pizza-dough.html

13. TRUE or FALSE?
This is a girl.
She has blonde
hair.
His shirt is blue.
The glasses are
green.

14. GIVE a DESCRIPTION
Who is he?
Where is he from?
What did he do?
Why did he do it?
Where is he?
What will happen?
Will he do it again?http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/arkansas-police-claim-handcuffed-man-shot-himself-in-the-head/

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EXPOSITORY WRITING:

16. COMPLETE the PHRASE or SENTENCE
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17. PROBLEM-SOLVING
http://quadcoins.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-to-solve-rubiks-cube.html

18. ERRER CORREKTION

19. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Look at the picture:

20. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Now answer the following questions:
How many animals are there?
What animals are there?
Are there clouds in the sky?
Are people in the picture?
What are they doing?
This is a school, isn’t it?

21. WRITE the QUESTION
“What is today?”
“Today is Monday.”
“Today is Monday.”
What is the question?
_________________?
How you know: … because
yesterday was Sunday and
tomorrow will be Tuesday.
So today must be Monday.
Now, explain how to
determine the question is
more difficult because
intuitive, right-brain
functions are involved.http://mindclockwork.com/split-brain-patients-what-happens-when-you-have-two-brains/

22. COMPLETE a
CHART or GRAPHhttp://www.a-health-blog.com/smoking-prevalence-in-us-decreases.html

23. MAKE a COMPARISON
Compare/contrast two or
more similar/dissimilar
things, people, jobs or
places, etc.

24. SELECT an ITEM FROM a GROUP
Which one is different or doesn’t belong? Why?
http://wildlifeanimalz.blogspot.com/2012/10/Horse-Facts-Photos.html
http://hdnaturepictures.com/airplane-sky-movement.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/14/car-of-the-
year-canada-honda-accord_n_2685662.html

25. RE-WRITE
or
RE-STATE
http://wordbitches.com/2012/02/22/10-ways-to-know-youre-a-writer/

26. Give an Opinion
http://www.topnews.in/healthcare/content/23302smoking-near-kids-equal-violence-says-latvia

27. DRAMATIZATION
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28. So here’s a quick recap …
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29. Meet learner needs using a
variety of exercise types:
COGNITIVE PAIRS
FILL in the BLANKS
WORD or LETTER
UNSCRAMBLE
RE-ORDERING a
SEQUENCE
TRUE or FALSE
GIVE a DESCRIPTION
EXPOSITORY WRITING
COMPLETE the PHRASE or
SENTENCE
PROBLEM-SOLVING
ERROR CORRECTION
COMPREHENSION
QUESTIONS
WRITE the QUESTION
COMPLETE a CHART or
GRAPH
MAKE a COMPARISON
SELECT an ITEM FROM a
GROUP
RE-WRITE or RE-STATE
GIVE an OPINION
DRAMATIZATION

30. http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/look-backwards-then-forwards/

31. Activities for
Teaching
Groups
of Diverse
Learners
Prof. Larry M. Lynch
proflmlynch@gmail.com
Thank Y You