For some students, verbal expression is easy. Students with highly defined verbal intelligence excel at activities that allow them to use speaking skills to express their understanding. Have students who possess these skills create plays or digital recordings of stories or reports about content-area appropriate topics. These students are often adept at making presentations and may enjoy, and better express themselves, when given the opportunity to do so. Also consider having these students talk through information with peers when learning, as this simple activity might help them commit the information to memory.
For students with refined musical abilities, activities that tap into these skills are enriching and naturally engaging. Regardless of the subject, you can infuse their lessons with music. Have students work in groups to write songs they can use to review key concepts or make memorization easier. For example, instead of asking your students to look at standard times tables and commit the numbers to memory, assign each group a line on the table and have them create songs featuring the products on that line. Or allow students to use music as an inspiration for writing by playing a song and asking them to compose whatever comes to mind when they hear the tune.
Though many students loathe math, some find this topic engaging and experience most of their success when presented with math-related challenges. Have your math-loving students read articles or reports rich in numbers, such as reports about the environment with data related to the topic, as a way to help them build reading skills. In science and social studies, present concrete figures when discussing topics relevant to the subject as a way to help these students retain the information, then have them to use these figures in their studies. For example, you could have students create graphs that compare the number of deaths in all of the major wars they have studied in class.
Some students succeed best when lessons are tied to their emotions. Give these students intrapersonal activities that encourage them to tap into their thoughts and consider their wants and feelings. For example, after reading about a science-related topic, ask students to write journals in which they state how the information made them feel and why. In doing so, your students will naturally describe the topic in detail, showing their understanding of the material. When selecting reading material for literacy practice, seek texts that are emotional in nature, as these will likely appeal to students with this skill set.