Protocol Overview and Instructions: 
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A gallery walk is an extremely useful protocol to elicit feedback on student solutions, especially when there are a number of solutions to review, and you want to ensure that everyone gets a sufficient amount of feedback in a short period of time.

Gallery Walk Instructions

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Educator Thoughts:
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Although the “Gallery Walk” is listed as a solution stage protocol, I used it in my classroom right after I took my students through lessons around creating their own driving question. Once they landed on a “final draft” of their driving question, they wrote it big on a piece of paper. With a reminder of the criteria of an effective driving question on the board, students walked around the classroom reading each other’s driving questions and giving feedback on sticky notes. Students used the sticky note feedback to further revise and refine their driving questions.

Student & Teacher Quotes:
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Student: “I wasn’t sure my driving question was good. Being able to see and read other driving questions was just as helpful as the feedback I received.”

Teacher: “This was so powerful! The kids really got into giving each other good feedback and it caused them to rethink their own question and revise it to become stronger.”

Meet the Educator:
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I have been a teacher in the Hamilton Community School District for the last 22 years. The first 13 years were at Hamilton Middle School teaching 8th grade ELA. In 2014-2015, I found myself at Hamilton High School where I’ve been ever since. I currently teach English 12, AP Literature and Composition, and Writing for Publication which is our fancy title for our yearbook class.  I have a passion for teaching writing, and as a Lake Michigan Writing Consultant, I have taught summer writing camps for high school students during the last few summers.  In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors with my family kayaking, hiking, picking vegetables in my parent’s garden, or just sitting and enjoying the sunshine. Of course, as an English teacher, I also love to read.

     I always get excited to see how my struggling students excel when we begin to think outside the box and work through the creative design process. ​