jigsaw method – efficient teaching

JIGSAW METHOD – EFFICIENT TEACHING

Teaching Techniques by Lida Amiri

Monday, 4/22/13

Day Planner: Word Generation, Close Reading/Jigsaw

Bell Work: Do you think handguns should be illegal? Why or why not?

Chinese proverb

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

Teaching methods

Traditional method is the frontal teaching

Students should be active learners

instead of passive audience

Students have to be engaged to speak and learn in the target language

Jigsaw method

Class divided into groups of experts Each group will read one text and take

notes New groups will be formed:

Each new group will have one expert from the former group

Each expert will tell his/her peers about his topic. Group members take notes.

Jigsaw method

Lesson Plan “Manifest Destiny & Indian Removal“ Groups are formed and texts are handed

out; indepedently completes Close Reading strategy

New expert groups are formed 5 min

Each expert presents his primary source doc, decide on possible answers to your margin questions (from step 3) 10 min

Experts returned to orginal groups to present their documents & compare & contrast. 20 min

4. Expert Groups: Write Possible Answers

Consider possible answers to step 3 questions.

Use context knowledge from the surrounding text to gather answers.

If context doesn’t help, define allusions, unfamiliar words, or cryptic statements

Brainstorm as many possible answers you can

5. Expert Groups:Rule Out Weak Answers Look at your answers and rule out any that

seem more inductive rather than deductive. deductive reasoning - moves from general

to specific to form a conclusion Inductive reasoning – moves from specific

to general and supports rather than proves a conclusion

Keep only possible answers that seem to have a relation to the text and make sense of the events and patterns

6. Expert Groups:Expand Upon the Possible Pick the best of your answers and

expand upon your thinking Step 4 asks you to brainstorm answers Step 6 asks you to explain your answers

in full detail

7. Jigsaw Groups:Present Return to your jigsaw groups Share/present your document one at a

time to your group You can choose to complete this in a

clockwise fashion

8. Jigsaw Group:Compare & Contrast Choose a “recorder” from your group Brainstorm/compare & contrast for each

document Create a venn diagram