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Classroom Activities

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Jigsaw: Base Groups/Expert Groups

The purpose of this activity is twofold: first, to comprehend and infer meaning from a text by becoming an expert on a portion…

Memory (Modified)

The purpose of this activity is to provide a level of “desirable difficulty” by adding a memory component to an interpretive…

Museum Activity

This activity is an “art tour.” The purpose of the activity is for students to view and discuss famous works of art from the…

Sorting into Categories

In this activity, students categorize the words/language chunks to be sorted according to a feature that is common to all the…

Story Maps

A story map is graphic representation of the structure of a story. The graphic makes clear the language elements of the story…

Mode of Communication

  • Interpersonal (7)
  • (-) Interpretive (5)
  • Presentational (2)

Performance Range

  • Novice (1)
  • Intermediate (3)

Grade Level

  • 3-5 (4)
  • 6-8 (5)
  • 9-12 (5)
  • (-) K-2 (1)
  • (-) Undergraduate (5)

Classroom Setting

  • Face-to-Face (3)
  • Online (3)

GRR Stage

  • (-) I do (2)
  • (-) We do (2)
  • (-) You do together (2)

Classroom grouping

  • Individual (6)
  • Pairs (8)
  • (-) Small group (5)
  • Whole class (11)

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