Give One Get One

Why & When

This an AVID Strategy that is similar to my Lists lesson idea

• Encourages creative thought

• Verbal skills and communication

• Good for reviewing material

• Encourages students to consider other perspectives

When is a good time to do this?

Bell-ringer activity to review yesterday's material:

• What did we discuss yesterday?

• What were key takeaways from yesterday?

General Review: 

• What are keywords from this passage of text?

• What's important about the First Amendment?

• What is the process/procedure to do ____?

Or maybe even an ice breaker: 

• Tell me everything you did last weekend

Procedure

• Students divide their paper in half (or use columns in a google doc)

• On the left column, students write "Give One," on the right side  they write [you guessed it] "Get One"

• Students get a predetermined amount of time (30 seconds, or 1-2 minutes) to list everything they know about a topic

• Then, they pair up to share one of their responses with a partner

• If their partner has the same thing on their paper (the left column) they place a check mark next to it, if it is NOT on their list, they write it into the right column (indicating that this was a NEW idea that they did not think of at first)

• Then, they switch roles and repeat the process

• Repeat the process with new partners as many times as you'd like

Extensions

You may consider doing this with groups of 3-4 instead of pairs

This is very similar to my "Lists" lesson if you want a variation on this

This may also work as a variation of Inside/Outside Circles