HOT SOLO Explain Map
HOT SOLO Explain Cause and Effect Map
NOTE:THIS MAP HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE HookED EXPLAIN CAUSES and the HOOKED EXPLAIN EFFECTS MAPS
What is it?
The HOT Cause and Effect map and self assessment rubric clarifies the causes and consequences of an event or outcome.
How do I use it?
1. Align the HOT SOLO cause and effect map and self assessment rubric with the identified learning intention. For example, we are learning to explain causes of [content] [context].
2. Place the event in the centre box. This can be text, drawing, photograph, video or an extract from a newspaper.
3. List possible causes of the event.
4. List possible consequences/effects of the event. Note the effects can be temporally sequenced into short term, medium and long term causes and effects.
5. Place a speech bubble next to each cause and consequence and explain why they are causes and consequences. E.g. “This is a cause/effect because …”
6. Make a generalisation about the causes and or consequences of the event. E.g. Overall I think … because …. because …”
7. Share the success criteria for causal explanation in the HOT SOLO cause and effect rubric.
8. With reference to the success criteria, students create a causal explanation statement using relevant causes and/or effects and the target vocabulary from the completed HOT SOLO cause and effect map. These statements can be written, oral or an annotated drawing. This process is iterative and can be repeated whenever new learning occurs enabling the causal explanation statements to be improved.
9. Students self assess/peer assess and seek teacher feedback on their causal explanation statements.
10. Students assess their learning outcome for the identified learning intention against the SOLO levels, explain why they have chosen this level of learning outcome for their work (feedback) and suggest where to next steps (feed up).
11. Record this in a student learning log.
SOLO Explain Self-Assessment Rubric
Student Use Examples
