Student Led Small Group Discussions/Long Term Discussions
100
An activity that requires a host, guest stars, and role playing in discussion of a topic.
What is the Talk Show?
100
An alternative activity that can help to illustrate plot, theme, setting, character and other elements of a story in a visual manner.
What is a Board Game?
100
Small groups of students that discuss literature of their choice.
What is are Book Clubs?
200
An exercise where a class would recreate a courtroom and courtroom proceedings in order to explore an author's motives.
What is Put and Author on Trial?
200
A visual representation of the connection between concepts within a topic.
What is a Concept Map?
200
An activity that requires students to assign a value on some aspect of various characters as they stand in relation to one another.
What is a Ranking Activity?
300
An exercise that requires students to write about their engagement with the text, then possibly volunteer to share their writings with the class.
What is using Informal Writing as the Basis for Discussion?
300
A scottish symbol used to protray those things most important to the wearer. Students can create these to depict a character's motivations and values.
What is a Coat of Arms?
300
Small groups of students who discuss literature of their choice, taking on specific roles to do so.
What is are Literature Circles?
400
An activity that requires the students to pick their favorite word, phrase, and sentence from a required text and share with the group.
What is text rendering?
400
A creation that often involves satire, humour, and observational anecdotes to describe a character or situation.
What is a cartoon strip?
400
Based on the Think-Pair-Share approach, students are asked to dwell on a specific topic alone, then discuss it with a partner, then share it with a small group.
What is a Discussion Web?
500
An exercise where the entire class forms a circle around a smaller group of students discussing the text.
What is The Fishbowl?
500
A visual and written portrait of a chosen character illustrating various aspects of the character's life.
What is a Body Biography?
500
An activity in which the class is split into small "expert" groups to discuss a specified topic per group, then the class splits into groups made up of one "expert" from each group.