-          Brainstorm some key words related to the sport.

-          Teacher models how to introduce the sport selecting the brainstormed words, as well as using the provided sentence structures/sentence stems.

-          Students work in pairs to brainstorm key words and phrases about another sport.

-          Students write their own introductions of the sport by using the words, phrases and the practiced sentence structures/sentence stems.

The visual picture is about some of the sentence structures/stems.

-          Teacher models how to introduce the sport selecting the brainstormed words, as well as using the provided sentence structures/sentence stems.

-          Students work in pairs to brainstorm key words and phrases about another sport.

-          Students write their own introductions of the sport by using the words, phrases and the practiced sentence structures/sentence stems.

The attached picture shows some of the framework and sentence structures students will use.

Defining centers: A learning center is a classroom area that contains a collection of activities of materials designed to teach, reinforce or extend a particular skill or concept. An interest center is designed to motivate students’ exploration of topics in which they have a particular interest.

In general centers should:

- Focus on important learning goals.

- Contain materials that promote individual student growth.

- Use materials and activities addressing a wide range of reading levels, learning profiles and student interest.

- Include activities that range from simple to complex; concrete to abstract; structured to open ended.

- Provide clear directions.

- Offer instructions about what to do if student needs help.

- Include instructions about what to do if student completes a center assignment.

- Use a record keeping system to monitor what is done.

- Include a plan for ongoing assessment of student growth.

Materials in centers are typically teacher constructed, though they encourage students to share in designing what and how something will be studied. Materials and tasks focus on mastery or extension of specific understandings or skills. They are also more exploratory than other assignments.

1. Set questions of varying difficulty,

Basic question: Sort out the basic story line. (For students with average reading ability)

Difficult question: Analyze the main idea and reason expressed in the article. (For students with strong reading ability)

The most difficult problem: Find and analyze the evidence that the article expresses the idea of the topic. (For students with strong reading and comprehension skills)

2. Assign the three difficulty questions to students of different levels and form a group to solve the problem.

3. Use jigsaw to reorganize the group and explain the three questions to each other so that each student understands the novel expression