This content area reading learning activity, ‘Buddy Reading,’ helps students work together to understand the purpose and function of text organisers. It is aimed at maximising students’ learning through structured group work.
This worksheet ‘Editing Form’ helps students to evaluate each other’s writing. It encourages students to identify areas for improvement.
This worksheet ‘Editing Form’ helps students to evaluate each other’s writing. It encourages students to identify areas for improvement.
Editing Form’ helps students to evaluate each other’s writing. It encourages students to identify areas for improvement.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Group Observations,’ has students working together to make observations about the text. It has students record their observations on a worksheet and then rate them in importance.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Newscasts,’ helps students demonstrate the knowledge they have gained about a topic or concept they have been studying in class. It is aimed at getting students involved in writing reports, editorialising and interviewing characters in order to demonstrate their knowledge of a particular concept or idea.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Reaction Groups,’ helps students work cooperatively to react to a nonfiction text. It has students record each group member’s reaction to a text and then share and discuss the reactions with the class.
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Reaction Groups,’ helps students work together to form responses to texts. It is aimed at showing students that there can be many different reactions to a text and encouraging them to work cooperatively in groups.
This graphic organiser, ‘X Marks the Spot’ provides students with the opportunity to evaluate their writing through peer review and feedback.