Roving Paragraph Frames   

The general outline goes like this:

Students are partnered up

Teacher provides a sentence starter connected to a class topic–on a handout or projected and students copy it down

Pairs collaborate to finish the sentence and write it on their paper

Find a new partner * Management Tip - Use Stir the Pot for each new partner 

Each partner reads out loud the sentence they wrote with partner #1. It’s important to read all previously written content with each new partner.

Teacher provides a new stem to continue the paragraph. Pairs collaborate to make a new sentence without repeating any content from their original sentence.

Repeat steps 4-7 as many times as teacher desires. I would use 4-6 total rotations for lower levels, but perhaps increase that number for upper levels.

Send students to their seats to edit/wordsmith their paragraphs that they have now created with their sentences created during this process. This should be a smooth process due to the injection of structure and academic language provided by the sentence stems.

coming soon

Digital Template Spanish English

PRO TIP! Start small...first begin practicing this routine with a low cognitive load such as "How I Get to School" or "Things you see at football game/park/ect."