Save the Last Word for Me

Getting the most out of class discussion after a reading assignment can be puzzling!

Los Angeles Times

Well-off nations' kids not the best-off

In UNICEF report, United States and Britain rank at the bottom among 21 wealthy nations

February 15, 2007|By Maggie Farley, Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times

Give

instructions

for reading

As you read article you will…

1. Underline important, surprising, interesting, or thought provoking.

2. Jot down a sentence or two that explains why you chose that bit to underline.

3. Mark at least four passages you think would be important or fun to discuss in your group.

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instructions

for reading

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reading

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instructions

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Form groups

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instructions

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Set up

sharing

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instructions

for reading

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sharing

Coach

discussion

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reading

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instructions

for readingAdjust the

sharing

procedure

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sharing

Coach

discussion

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reading

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instructions

for readingAdjust the

sharing

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sharing

Coach

discussion

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reading

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groups

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instructions

for readingAdjust the

sharing

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Set up

sharing

Coach

discussion

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reading

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groups

Share with

the

whole class

• How did this activity work for you?

• Did anything get confusing?

• How can we make it easier next time?

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instructions

for readingAdjust the

sharing

procedure

Set up

sharing

Coach

discussion

Form groups

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reading

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Brainstorm a

response

topic list

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groups

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the

whole class

Ways to Respond to Reading:

• Why the passage was important?• What surprised you about the passage?• What you pictured when you read that part?• Connect the passage with something else in the article.• Add on to what someone else has said.• Ask a question: What does this passage make you wonder

about?• Connect the passage to a personal experience.• Connect the passage to another text, movie, television

show, song, etc.

The final puzzle piece: using what we’ve learned.

Now we’ll all use our textbooks to locate a lesson that we will be teaching the first of term of this year.

Finally, we will share our ideas with a partner then then some with the whole group.

Puzzle Completed