Reflective Reading on Islam

At a Glance
Discipline
- Social sciences
- History
Instructional Level
- College & CEGEP
Course
- Western Civilization - General Studies
- History
Tasks in Workflow
Social Plane(s)
- Individual
- Group
- Whole Class
Type of Tasks
- Discussing
- Analyzing
Technical Details
Useful Technologies
- Low tech AL classroom
Class size
- Small (20-49)
Time
- Single class period (< 90 mins)
Instructional Purpose
- Consolidation & metacognition
Overview
In this activity, students are expected to use the homework questions to prompt a deeper engagement with the reading material in order to generate a better class discussion on the topic.
In class, the instructor provides the students with guidelines for the assignment and ensures that everyone has answered the questions in their homework book individually by initialing their homework books at the beginning of the class.
Students are divided into groups, and each group is assigned one or two questions to answer. Each group discusses the best answer to the question (or questions) and then writes their answer(s) on a whiteboard (or chalkboard). A presenter from each group shares their answers with the class, providing other students the opportunity to ask questions and discuss. As a class, students go through each group’s answers to the questions, correcting their own work and each other’s as they go.
The instructor can use this activity as a springboard for a greater discussion on the topic now that students have a deeper grasp of the material.
Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Acquire the background knowledge to the topic before it so that they are prepared to learn it throughout this activity (without the traditional lecture format).
- Exchange within groups and to share ideas, answers and acquire knowledge.
- Engage in the material through various perspectives during a peer editing, self-corrective exercise.
- Understand the topic in the present context and to go deeper than the stereotype(s) they may have entered the class with.
Workflow & Materials
Activity Workflow
Applied Strategies
Published: 13/08/2019
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