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Collaborative Strategy

Describe the implementation of the strategy.

5 pts Describe the effectiveness of the strategy. What went well? What did students struggle with?
10 pts Will you use this strategy again? Why or why not?

2.5 pts
Silent interview During this first day of the 20, students have already been in class with one another for a couple of weeks. However, these students have been familiar with one another for many years, so to implement this strategy, we focused on what each student’s partner 1. Enjoyed the most over their summer break, 2. What they want to accomplish during the school year, and 3. What their biggest strengths are in English. Students were asked to work silently on paper to ask enough questions about these topics that they can tell the class about the other person. This was a difficult strategy to implement, since the students already know each other very well. Students enjoyed the idea of interviewing a classmate without speaking. They …show more content…

Students were posed with questions found throughout the chapter after reading. Students had to work together to respond the questions, ensuring that each member of the group knew each answer. As we discussed the questions as a class, I would call on a table and then choose a number to respond to the question. Overall this strategy worked somewhat effectivley. Students seemed to know the repsonse to each question, because of the time students were able to take during their discussions. Some students were very focused on the task, because they did not know who would be called on, others had difficulties focusing their discussions on the text. I think this is probably one of the only strategies that I do not plan to use again in the future. Students did not seem to enjoy the lesson, therefore many students did not fully participate. I just did not think that this strategy worked within my classroom

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