Workshop 12 Managing Cooperative Activities.

Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction

1. Gain attention

1. At the beginning of the session participants will be grouped and given them a task for group work. ( Here participants will be given question “What are Collaborative task?”  Participants will discuss the question in their groups.  After that participants will be asked   their ideas about this group work.

2. Then there will be displayed a video about group work. Here participants will watch the video and should find three important points of group work.( the activity 3-2-1)

2. Inform learners of objectives

• Read the objectives ( which is written on the boarding card)

               By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to :

•    describe the purpose and benefits of project work and cooperative activities in the language classroom
• explore various ways to develop and present project work and cooperative activities to and for all students
• exchange ideas for project work and cooperative activities that work well for all learners
• develop project ideas and cooperative activities that can be modified for multiple units of study using checklists, rubrics, collaborative work guidelines/expectations
• reflect on ways to adapt and differentiate project work and cooperative activities for all learners

3. Stimulate recall of prior learning

• Stimulate participants ideas  by asking question:
• What pair work/group work activities do you use in your classroom most?
• How do your Ss act during pair/group works?

4. Present the content

 -  Display the video about  Grouping Students for Activities and Establishing Guidelines for Participation  from TETE Course

-Display the video about Strategies for Successfully Managing Projects and Activities from TETE course.

5. Guide learning

After watching the video participants will be given another task. Here in groups they will explore ways to develop project work and the ways to check it.

Teachers will develop their activities to practice the ways to plan to develop project works and cooperative activities.

6. Elicit performance (practice)

Tell PP to work in groups of five. Assign roles within the group: A timekeeper/ A leader/ A writer/ A designer/ A presenter. They should create a project lesson plan showing it in Steps. Use the following template

Activity/Lesson Name:

Grade level / Unit (if applicable):

Activity/Project Description:

The purpose of this activity/project is to...

This activity/project is effective for this lesson/unit because…

Here are some steps to help you use this activity/project in your classroom…

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

7. Provide feedback

• In groups, participants will present  their  newly adapted project activities.
• Organize a Gallery Walk, in their groups participants will choose the best adapted activities, and demonstrate to another groups.
• Give P-Q-P feedback to each group.
• At the end participants will answer the question, Are there any new  ways of cooperatively completing project you have learned today?

8. Assess performance

 Before they leave, give participants a piece of paper  will write their reflection on 3-2-1 reflection on the whole session

3 – most important things I learnt from the session . 2- most interesting things I found from the session. 1- most important material which I found from the session

9. Enhance retention and transfer

 Before participants leave the workshop, ask them to rate in Scale 1-5  the effectiveness of Collaborative activities.