1. Cooperative Learning Structures

2. Why ?
maximise student participation
encourage respectful listening
provide opportunities for coaching
promote mastery of the content
an efficient way to organize the classroom
promote responsibility, team spirit and aid behaviour management
What ?
ways of organizing classroom activities
content neutral
easy to learn and use
repeatable
wide variety

3. Use Whiteboards

4. Scenario #1
Watch the Brainpop video on the Cell. Pay attention to the function of all the organelles!

5. In pairs, students alternate generating brief oral responses
In pairs, students alternate generating brief oral responses. Examples: • List adjectives to describe the character. • List inert elements. • Share steps of the experiment. • Describe an event from the story.

6. Scenario #2
What are some of the characteristics of
“Life”

7. In pairs, students share with a partner for a predetermined time while the partner listens. Then partners switch roles. Examples: • What is the key thing that you learned? • What is one literary technique you plan to use in your writing and how will you use it?

8. Scenario #3
Genetic Engineering has both pros and cons associated with it. As with many scientific discoveries, Genetic Engineering has potential to either benefit up or harm us.
Take a stance on whether you believe government should allow genetic engineering on humans, and explain your reasoning.

9. In teams, students take turns responding orally
In teams, students take turns responding orally. Examples: • What makes a good listener? • List objects that float? • What clubs or societies are you a member of? • What is one of your favorite movies?
Variations:
Single,
Continuous,
Timed,
Everyone Writes

10. Scenario #4 Reasons Why not to Vaccinate.
Give an example of a specialized cell.
Name a Mechanism of Evolution and briefly explain how it works.
Hobbies

11. Students stand up, put their hand up and quickly find a partner with whom to share or discuss. This structure is perfect for class building, processing and reviewing information, energizing the class, forming random pairs or teams, lesson starts or wraps.

12. Scenario #4 Watch the video first Name the 6 Kingdoms.
Give a detailed explanation of one of the Kingdoms.
Give a detailed explanation of another kingdom.

13. Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Quiz-Quiz-Trade is a seven-step process. You must first have note cards that have questions on one side and answers on the other side. Give each student one of these cards.
Step 1. Have students stand-up, put their hands-up and then pair-up with someone else who has their hand up. Step 2. Partner A quizzes. Step 3. Partner B answers. Step 4. Partner A coaches or praises. Step 5. Switch roles. Steps 6. Partners trades cards and raise their hands to find new partners. Step 7. Repeat steps 1-6 a number of times.

15. Conclusion students like working in groups
they definitely speak more target language
they love using mini whiteboards
it’s an easy way to introduce a change of focus
the more you use a structure, the more effective it becomes