The Jigsaw Method Teaching Strategy
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The Jigsaw Classroom
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END OF JIGSAW ACTIVITY
Sample Biosphere and Biome Lesson Plan #1
Detailed Lesson / Activity Plan Steps
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https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-jigsaw-method-revisited
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https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2016/10/the-jigsaw-method-teaching-strategy/
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Time
Lesson
Content /
Activity
Stages
Students will…(what they will
do and how they will interact
with each other and the content)
Language focus
(what kind of
language will the
students be using /
practicing)
Role of the
teacher… (my role,
and what I will be
paying attention to)
3 min
(3 min)
WARM-UP
ACTIVITY
REVIEW (Part
1)
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Students will be viewing and
listening to teacher present
review of first two lessons of
Unit 1
Content-specific
vocabulary
Modeling
questioning
Narrating the
PowerPoint review
Encouraging
students to ask
questions
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This activity
happens every
week
5 min
(8 min)
WARM-UP
ACTIVITY
REVIEW (Part
2)
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Students in pairs discuss and
brainstorm one question
inspired by the review.
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Students present their question
to whole class to see if anyone
has an answer or guess.
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Some questions may be
answered, but if answer
unknown students bring back
answer next week’s lesson.
Appropriate Biology
vocabulary
Asking questions
Listening for correct
use of Biology and
questioning
vocabulary
5 min
(13 min)
WARM-UP
ACTIVITY
(Part 3)
Answers to
Questions
Inspired by
Last Week’s
Review
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Students present answers to last
week’s warm-up unanswered
questions to entire class.
Appropriate Biology
Vocabulary
Answering
Questions
Introduce Activity
Listening for correct
us of Biology
terminology and
correct information
in answer.
Answers question, if
necessary
10 min
(23 min)
VOCABU-
LARY
VISIT
Introduction to
Video
Vocabulary
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Students will read outload with
teacher list of technical
Biology vocabulary used in
video.
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Students will say or guess
meaning to words
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Students will be introduced to
meaning of Greek and Latin
prefixes and suffixes
commonly used in science
vocabulary
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Students will use the dictionary
on their phones to hear the
correct pronunciation of the
words
Pronunciation of
technical science
words
Introduce the
activity
Give Directions
Present collected
vocabulary list for
video
Listen for correct
pronunciation
10 min
(33 min)
VIEWING
VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=J2BKd5e15Jc
“What is a Biosphere” 3m
22sec
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Students view video twice
•
First time without subtitles
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Second time with subtitles
Attentive Listening
Skills
Introduce the
activity
15 min
(48 min)
VIDEO
ANALYSIS
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Form Small Groups
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In small groups students
discuss the information in the
Academic language
for analyzing
information
Give Directions
Monitor discussion
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video and answer the following
questions:
➢
What was presented in the
video that students had
learned before?
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What was something new
they learned in the video?
➢
What question do they have
because inspired by viewing
he video?
➢
What order should students
see the video in? With
subtitles first or with subtitles
second? Why?
Active Listening
Skills
Active Reading
Skills
Look for
engagement in
activity
Listening for correct
use and
pronunciation of
vocabulary
10 min
(58 min)
PRE-
READING
ACITIVITY
(Part 1)
Article: National Geographic
“The Five Major Types of
Biomes”
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Form new small groups with
different members than last
activity.
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Students examine and analyze
the article for the following
organizational English writing
structures and answer the
following questions
➢
What is the title of the article?
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What is the subtitle of the
article?
➢
How many paragraphs are in
the article?
➢
What is used in the article to
show the beginning of a
paragraph?
➢
How many topic sentences are
in the article?
➢
How many supporting
sentences does each paragraph
contain?
➢
Does the article have an
introduction paragraph?
➢
Does the article have a
closing/summary paragraph?
Pre-reading skills
English writing
organizational
markers
Structure of a
paragraph
Structure of a
published article
Give directions
Monitoring groups
for interest, task
advancement and
completion of task
15 min
(73 min)
READING
ACTIVITY
(Part 2)
In the same group, students take
turns reading one paragraph
aloud to the group.
➢
At conclusion of the reading
each student picks one biome
that appeals to them.
Active Listening
Skills
Questioning Skills
Use of Appropriate
Vocabulary
Monitor reading
Listening to
presentations in
group
Listening for correct
vocabulary and
pronunciation
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