Working in groups Roles WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS

Working in groups Roles

WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS Some activities of this unit are going to be done not individually but in SMALL GROUPS. The activities planned are ONLY achivied with the work of ALL the MEMBERS in a group. ST U M U O IN Y E F T O A ALL TICIP UPS PAR R GRO YOU

BUILDING UP THE GROUPS… Groups of FIVE PEOPLE formed by the teachers. WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS

ROLES IN A GROUP Each of you is going WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS R U O Y HE T D A N RE SI N O O CTI D N D U F AN P U GRO THEM to be given a CARD with the ROLE and his task in the group. GROUP LEADER Cards look like… Make sure everyone in the group understands the activity. You control that each member is your group reads the text (in silence). You also check that all questions have an answer when the time is finished, focusing the conversations with the task to be done.

ROLES IN A GROUP REFEREE ENCOURAGER WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS READ YOUR ROLE DURING 1 MIN You maintain the peace in the group, controlling that everyone speaks to the rest in a polite way. Control that there is only one person speaking. Two members can NOT speak at the same time. You also control that the members in your group do not shout. The volume in which your group speaks must not be SECRETARY very high. You control ALL members in your group give an answer/speak at least once. Encourage/help all the members in the group to speak. Control there is not a member that speaks all the time. Make positive comments to group members. You take notes of the answers people give to the questions. You have to include all the opinions the members of your group give in the answers you write. Please write COMPLETE sentences (I/You/He/We + verb + …). TIME KEEPER You control the time. Your group has 15 minutes to read the text and answer ALL the questions. You also control everyone in the group speaks in English ALL the time.

ROLES IN A GROUP You are also given a bank of expressions to help you carrying out your role in the group. Use only the expressions of your role. ROLE 1 GROUP LEADER ROLE 2 ENCOURAGER “Does everyone “Mario, what would understand what to you answer to do? ” question number one? ” “Let’s start by “Marta, do you agree reading the text in with the answer silence”. Mario has given? ” ROLE 3 SECRETARY “Can you say that again, please? ” “How shall I write this? ” WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS USE TWO EXPRESSIONS MINIMUM ROLE 4 REFEREE ROLE 5 TIME KEEPER “Could you speak in a “Shall we move to polite way to your the next question as partner? ” time is moving on? ” “Could you speak lower please? ” “Let’s try to get this finished, we’ve only got a few minutes D A left” R IO E R U S “Mario could you “Let’s hear from Juan “I think I heard you “May you use the “We have consumed YO RES please read the text next”. say ____; is that bank of expressions have of the time we S G P in silence and tell me right? ” in order to talk to have been given”. EX N RIN when you have your partner in a U IN D 1 M finished? ” polite way? ” “Let’s keep to the “Pablo, do you have “How would you like “Mario and Marta, “Shall we stop task we have to any other idea to tell me to write this? ” you can not speak at speaking about this complete” us, so we can the same time. answer? There is few complete question Marta wait for your time left and we

ACTIVITY 1 Apart from carrying out your specific role inside the group they ALSO have to CONTRIBUTE to the GROUP task. WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS READ THE TEXTS, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, GIVE YOUR OPINION… EACH PERSON HAS 3 TASKS: 1. CARRY OUT YOUR ROLE (USING BANK OF EXPRESSIONS) 2. PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN THE GROUP (GIVE YOUR OPINION ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS)

ACTIVITY 1 – READING ABOUT GERMS IN SMALL GROUPS You are given a text with a glossary. READ THE TEXT IN SILENCE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. SECTRETARY IS THE ONLY PERSON WRITTING THE ANSWERS WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS DURING BIOLOGY LESSONS 15 MIN TO READ ANSWER THE QUESTION S S N O INI P S O R E E B TH MEM E D U ER E L C H W T S IN ALL UR AN F O O IN Y ANSWERS WRITTEN BY SECRETARY WILL BE GIVEN TO ME AT THE END OF THE CLASS.