Activity
1. Put students into groups of 3 or 4.
2.
Display overhead 1 (templates for notes).
3.
Have students take out three sheets of paper to be prepared
as seen
on Overhead 1. (5 minutes)
4.
When done, display Overhead 2 (Trading and Trade Word
Bank)
5.
Go over the list with the class to make sure that all
terms are understood. (5 minutes)
6.
Give students the following note-taking instructions:
a.
They are to choose 4 to 5 words from the list for each
sheet that they feel represents a
positive benefit,
a negative benefit, or shared positive/negative
benefits.
b. Each word is to be discussed among the
group and notes supporting their choices
are to be
recorded on their
note-sheets. Examples illustrating their
decisions are necessary.
c. This should take 15-20 minutes
7.
When the time is up the class will then create a separate
joint list for
their individual
notes
on blank
overhead
notes. The teacher can take the notes.
8.
On a sheet of paper, students will volunteer (each
group should volunteer at least once)
their opinion
on a word while the teacher takes notes
on overhead sheets.
(50 minutes max)
9.
Begin by starting with Positive Benefits. When a group
representative is done
ask
the class if
they have additional
supporting notes for that word. As a
word is called out, mark it on Overhead 2.
10.
When done with Positive Benefits, go to Negative Benefits.
Repeat
the process.
11.
Finally repeat the process for items that can have both
positive AND negative
benefits.
12.
If there were any words that appeared in both the Positive
Benefits
list
and the Negative
Benefits
list,
they need to be moved to the Positive/Negative
category.
13.
Finally, if there were any words that were not used address
them in
class and
generate class notes
for those
words.
14.
Students can then use these class notes to write a paragraph
response
for the reasons
for
trade.
Homework
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