Teaching Strategies
Jigsaw
Each student in a 'home group' is given a number and moves to join other
students with the same number to create an 'expert group'. Each group
has a different
part of the text to read and discuss, using the steps of the
reciprocal teaching.
When this activity is completed, each member of the expert group should
end
up with a summary page containing key words and a diagram. They then
return to their 'home group' to teach the information to the others in
the group
(without using the original text). They take turns and the rest of the
group
listens and records important facts.
After these reading and discussion activities, teachers can set a
follow-up task to check comprehension, preferably without students having
access to the original text.
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