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Build Together

Overview

Students combine their ideas to create sentences as a group.

Learning Objective
Students work together to build sentences using shared language knowledge.

Resources needed

  • None

Lesson stages

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  1. 1 Explain that students will work together to build one sentence.
  2. 2 Model how different students can add different parts.
  3. 3 Put students into small mixed-ability groups.
  4. 4 Ask one student to start a sentence.
  5. 5 Other students add words or ideas to complete it.
  6. 6 Encourage students to help each other with vocabulary or structure.
  7. 7 Repeat with new sentences.
  8. 8 Finish by sharing group sentences with the class.

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Variations

  • Build a short story.
  • Timed challenge.
  • Pair version.
More information

Teach: add, help, together, sentence.

Allow single words as contributions.

Do students collaborate to build meaning?

No materials needed.

Some students dominate while others stay silent.

Collaboration allows all students to contribute at their level.

Activity details
Mixed Medium 15 minutes no prep Small Group Indoor & Outdoor
Topics
Collaboration Sentence Building