Process

You will work in groups of four to complete the task.  Grouping allows you 
to 
learn cooperatively, by making decisions together and helping to explain 
certain concepts to each other.  

Step 1: Choose roles. To aid in this process, view the role pages to make 
sure you feel comfortable performing the functions and/or duties assigned to 
that role. (If more than one person wants a certain role, use the "rock, 
paper scissors" method to work it out!)

Step 2: Once everyone knows who he or she will be, discuss what expectations 
each individual will be responsible for conributing to the overall group.  
(Jot down some ideas or conclusions.)

Step 3: Collaborate to prepare a poster featuring the strategies for 
reading.  Be sure to include information on which strategies might be able 
to 
be adapted for use with younger students (high school or middle school age.) 
Also, do not merely list the strategy, but define and explain it.  Also, 
provide one example (per strategy) for direct use.  

For example- Strategy: Cornell Note-taking.  

             Definition: Cornell Note-taking is a memory enhancing method 
for 
                         writing down information (class notes, etc.)


This method requires students to fold the page in half, writing the broad 
concept on one side of the paper, and writing the specific details (related 
to it) on the other.  I can use this technique in my Freshman History 
course, 
instead of trying to write down every word my professor says in his lectures.

Step 4: Using sample materials (content area reading passages) try out each 
of the methods learned, write a short opinion statement of how well it did 
or 
did not work, whether you will actually use it, and rate its usability on a 
scale of 1-3. 

(3= hard to use, 2= not too hard to use/need practicew, 1= easy to use.)