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