Think-Pair-Share with The Shiner(7.0)

Materials

  • Norman Rockwell’s The Shiner postcards (These are on the Think, Pair, Share PowePoint
  • Think Pair Share Activity Sheet

Description

The think, pair, share strategy is a cooperative learning technique in which students think through questions using three distinct steps, encouraging individual participation. It is designed to provide students with "food for thought" on a given topic enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with another student. Rather than using a basic recitation method in which a teacher poses a question and one student offers a response, Think-Pair-Share encourages a high degree of pupil response and can help keep students on task.

Notes that might help:

  • Providing "think time" increases quality of student responses.
  • Students become actively involved in thinking about the concepts presented in the lesson.
  • Research tells us that we need time to mentally "chew over" new ideas in order to store them in memory. If we give students time to "think-pair-share" throughout the lesson, more of the critical information is retained.
  • When students talk over new ideas, they are forced to make sense of those new ideas in terms of their prior knowledge. Their misunderstandings about the topic are often revealed (and resolved) during this discussion stage.
  • Students are more willing to participate since they don't feel the peer pressure involved in responding in front of the whole class.
  • Teachers who give “think time” ask higher level questions.
  • Research tells us that students who have learned to use “think time” actually do better on standardized tests.

Step-by-Step

  1. Distribute postcards to the participants.
  2. Give participants 5 minutes to write down their individual thoughts to the following questions on their Think Pair Share Activity Sheet.

What can you infer from the picture?

What kind of conflict is conveyed in the picture?

What is the mood in this picture? Explain your answer.

What is the tone of the picture? Explain your answer.

  1. Then, in pairs, have groups share their individual thoughts. Pairs should summarize their common thoughts in the "Pair" section of their worksheet.
  2. Finally, pairs choose one major idea to share with the entire group. This should be written in the "Share" section of their worksheet.
  3. Tell participants that as an extension, students can write a story to go along with the picture.

CONTENT STANDARD 7.0 MEDIA

Course Level Expectations

  • CLE 3001.7.2, CLE 3002.7.2, CLE 3003.7.2, CLE 3005.7.2 Examine the agreements and conflicts between the visual (e.g., media images, painting, film, graphic arts) and the verbal.

State Performance Indicators

• SPI 3001.7.1, SPI 3002.7.1, SPI 3003.7.1 Draw an inference from a non-print medium.

  • SPI 3001.7.2, SPI 3002.7.2, SPI 3003.7.2 Select the type of conflict represented in a non-print medium.
  • SPI 3001.7.6, SPI 3002.7.6, SPI 3003.7.4 Infer the mood represented in a non-print medium.

Materials needed:
  • Think, Pair, Share PowerPoint
  • Think Pair Share Activity Sheet

Assessment Activity Title: Think-Pair-Share with “The Shiner”
Description of Activity:
  1. Distribute postcards to the students.
  2. Give students 5 minutes to write down their individual thoughts to the following questions on their Think Pair Share Activity Sheet.
What can you infer from the picture:
What kind of conflict is conveyed in the picture?
What is the mood in this picture? Explain your answer.
What is the tone of the picture? Explain your answer.
  1. Then, in pairs, have groups share their individual thoughts. Pairs should summarize their common thoughts in the "Pair" section of their worksheet.
  2. Finally, pairs choose one major idea to share with the entire class. This should be written in the "Share" section of their worksheet.
Assignment Extensions:
Act out the picture. Write a story to go along with the picture.

Think-Pair-Share Activity Sheet

  1. By yourself, look at the picture and think about the following and write your answers.

a.What can you infer from the picture?

b.What kind of conflict is conveyed in the picture?

c.What is the mood in this picture? Explain your answer.

d.What is the tone of the picture? Explain your answer.

  1. Share your thinking with a partner. (Write your notes here.)
  1. Share your ideas with the class. Write down some new things you have learned.