Jigsaw

Jigsaw

Jigsaw In this activity students are divided into groups. Each group has a different focus related to a common theme or topic. Students are then regrouped so that one member from each of the original groups is able to teach the other students what they learned. The...
Jigsaw

Guided Imagery

Guided Imagery Guided imagery helps students to activate background knowledge, and to preview a text in preparation for reading. Students use words and images from the text to generate multisensory visualizations of text content, and in doing so they become prepared...
Jigsaw

Draw To Remember Summaries

Draw To Remember Summaries In this activity students will draw and write a short description of something they just read. These drawings and summaries can serve as guides for students to go back and review events from previous readings to help with memory and...
Jigsaw

Exemplar Jigsaw

Exemplar Jigsaw This activity immerses students within a particular format, genre, or style of work, and guides them towards recognizing its characteristics, features, and purpose. Using a jigsaw format, students analyze exemplars in pairs, then “teach” their exemplar...
Jigsaw

Costa’s Questioning

Costa’s Questioning This activity helps students to generate and classify questions at three levels: Gathering Information, Processing Information, Applying Information. This framework helps to expand and structure students’ questioning processes so that they...