Lists

Why?

• This can be collaborative with pairs or small groups of 3-4

• 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

• Establish groups (pairs, or groups of 3-4)

• Ask your question

• Set a time limit (30 - 60 seconds)

• Each student lists as many possible responses to the question (Pencils/pens/keyboards do NOT stop for the allotted time)

• Determine an order of who shares first (longest hair, closest birthday, tallest,  alphabetical order by first/last name, etc)

• One at a time, students share their lists. If someone else in the group has the same item, everyone crosses the item off their list

• The person in the small group with the most unique responses "wins"

Extensions

This is VERY similar to the "Give One Get One" AVID Strategy

This can be done on a google doc/padlet/or on actual paper

For the full class: 

• Extension #1: "Winners" from each group "compete" against one another,  crossing out their duplicates, to determine who has the most unique responses in the entire class

• Extension #2: Each group makes one master list of all of the unique responses (no duplicates), and then play as a group against other groups in the class to determine which group's unique list "wins" 

  • • This might be cool as a padlet or google doc

    • You may also use the whiteboard or large paper where the group list can be displayed