Instructional Strategy: Catch and Release – eb support

Use gestures, pointing, visuals, or physical objects to reinforce key concepts. Allow students to act out key vocabulary or concepts before explaining their meaning.

Provide sentence frames for each round such as “This question is asking me to ___.” or “An important word here is ___ because ___.” Allow students to discuss responses with a partner before sharing with the group.

Ask students to explain the relationship between the process and the content of the question. Encourage students to explain why a distractor answer is incorrect using academic vocabulary.

Assign advanced students as peer mentors to model structured explanations. Extend the activity by asking students to create their own distractor answer and explain why it could be misleading.

Challenge students to analyze question design, evaluate distractor effectiveness, and explain strategies for identifying correct answers using precise academic language and reasoning.