ModellingShowing the process, including the thinking, rather than only the finished product.EducationI do, we do, you do — with the thinking made audible throughout.1Show a finished exemplarName what makes it good, in specific terms pupils can reuse.2Model live, thinking aloudInclude the decisions, the false starts and why you rejected them.3Model a weak versionA non-example makes the criteria visible in a way praise cannot.4Do one togetherThe class supplies the next move; you hold the pen and thestandard.5Release to independenceSame task type, no support, and check before moving on.Pre-prepared models save time but hide the process. Live modelling isslower and shows the part pupils cannot infer from a finished piece.Modellinglearnposters.com
Modelling — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Modelling, step by step

I do, we do, you do — with the thinking made audible throughout.

  1. Show a finished exemplarName what makes it good, in specific terms pupils can reuse.
  2. Model live, thinking aloudInclude the decisions, the false starts and why you rejected them.
  3. Model a weak versionA non-example makes the criteria visible in a way praise cannot.
  4. Do one togetherThe class supplies the next move; you hold the pen and the standard.
  5. Release to independenceSame task type, no support, and check before moving on.

Pre-prepared models save time but hide the process. Live modelling is slower and shows the part pupils cannot infer from a finished piece.

Questions about the Modelling poster

What’s on the Modelling poster?
5 numbered steps. I do, we do, you do — with the thinking made audible throughout. Show a finished exemplar — Name what makes it good, in specific terms pupils can reuse.; Model live, thinking aloud — Include the decisions, the false starts and why you reje…; Model a weak version — A non-example makes the criteria visible in a way praise cannot.; Do one together — The class supplies the next move; you hold the pen and the standard.; Release to independence — Same task type, no support, and check before moving on.. Pre-prepared models save time but hide the process. Live modelling is slower and shows the part pupils cannot infer from a finished piece.
Who is the Modelling poster for?
Modelling belongs to the Education section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning classroom practice can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Modelling poster?
Use it whenever pupils can recognise good work but cannot produce it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Modelling belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Modelling?
A Behaviour System, Checking Understanding and Cutting Load In A Lesson sit alongside Modelling in the Education section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.A Behaviour SystemChecking UnderstandingCutting Load In A Lesson
Is the Modelling poster free to download and print?
Yes. Modelling downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Education section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Modelling poster print at?
Modelling is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Modelling loses nothing.Printing guide

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