Kagan with CI Ideas

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1	For summary of the most useful structures and specific suggestions for how to use them, CLICK HERE.
2	NOTES: My favorite activities (and ones that I would use on a semi-regular basis) are highlighted in Green. Feel free to add your ideas (and highlight your favorite ones in another color). For activities with output or question/answer prompts, provide adequate scaffolding. For best success, make sure you read the full instructions for each structure provided by Kagan - the descriptions alone do not have all of the steps or description. Students should have enough input prior to the structure to be able to read/undersatnd the questions and prompts out loud. I provide translations and sentence frames on the back (or in small font) on these cards so that students have enough scaffolding to provide some level of Comprehensible Input and so that students can coach one another toward the correct answer.
3	Grouping	Kagan Structure	Description	Reading/Listening/Translating	PQA	Retells	Writing	Interpersonal Speaking

4		AllRecord RoundRobin	Adds independent writing to a team RoundRobin. After each student shares an idea orally with teammates, each student independently records the idea on his or her own paper, in his or her own words.	Written/Oral Question	Students answer PQA Questions	Students retell parts of the story	Recording each others' ideas
5		AllRecord Consensus	Students must reach concensus on an answer before writing it down during AllRecord RoundRobin	Written/Oral Question	Students answer PQA Questions	Students retell parts of the story	Recording each others' ideas
6		Carousel Feedback	Teams rotate from project to project to leave feedback for other teams.	Students view written passages - can leave feedback in forms of illustrations of passage	"Project" may be PQA questions that students leave their answers on	Students view scenes or stories and write what is happening in each scene	Students view a picture and write details about it
7		Centerpiece	Students brainstorm ideas and record their dieas on sheets of paper, then trade paper with the centerpiece.	Each passage may be a story that students take turns translating lines from or illustrating	Each paper has a different PQA question written on it.	Each paper has a scene or story on it for students to write about	Students brainstorm sentences with a particular structure or create a story
8		Fan-N-Pick	Teammates play a card game to respond to questions. Roles rotate with each new question.		Ask PQA questions and provide sentence frames for students to answer.	Ask questions about the story.
9		Dip-A-Strip	Similar to Fan-N-Pick, but the questions are on strips of paper drawn from a baggie. Student #1 draws strip, #2 gives instrutions to #3 to follow, #4 checks.		Ask PQA questions and provide sentence frames for students to answer.	Ask questions about the story.
10		Fan-N-Pick Partners	Fan-N-Pick played in pairs.		Ask PQA questions and provide sentence frames for students to answer.	Ask questions about the story.
11		Find Someone Who	Students circulate through the classroom, forming and reforming pairs, trying to "find someone who" knows an answer, then they become "someone who knows".	Students have to read and translate phrases. Can be items that describe students.	Can ask question such as "A quién le gusta chocolate?" and students have to ask and answer the question (provide sentence frames).	Students have story frames as questions and find students who can tell what is happening in that story frame, then write down what they said or have them sign that picture.		Students speak with one another to find students to sign their page.
12		Find the Fiction	Students write three statements and read them to teammates. Teammates try to "find" which of the three statements is the "fiction."		Use as two truths and a lie to talk about students (see Ben Slavic's Big CI Book) - I like this idea best as whole class and students guess whose card is being read as well as which one is the lie		Students write their two truths and lie	Students read their truths/lie out loud
13		Flashcard Game	Partners proceed through three rounds as they quiz each other with flashcards, mastering the content to win cards.	Vocabulary and structure translation.
14		Flashcard Star	Students circulate in the room quizzing new partners, hoping to retire cards from their deck.	Vocabulary and structure translation.		Could have qustions about the story plot, characters, settings, etc.
15		Idea RoundUp!	Sudents repeated pair to "RoundUp" ideas from different partners.	Students have short story scripts that they have to read and understand, then retell to other students.		Students have short story scripts or illustrations that they have to read and understand, then retell to other students.
16	X	Inside-Outside Circle	Students rotate in concentric circles to face new partners for sharing, quizzing, or problem solving.
17	X	Rotating Lines	Like Inside-Outside Circle, but students stand in lines.
18		Instant Star	Students are randomly selected to be the "Instant Star" of their team. Stars stand to applause and share with their teammates.	The instant star is called on to share translation with the group.	The instant star answers PQA questions asked by the teacher or displayed on the board. If you want students to answer in complete sentences, then provide sentence frames.	The instant star does the retell for the story to their group - students know they will be held accountable for knowing the story, so pay closer attention.	Students share an idea they have already written down, such as their free write.
19		Jot Thoughts	Teammates "cover the table", writing ideas on slips of paper.				Students use structures to write individual sentences. Check and do pop-up grammar. Extension - have students copy one anothers' sentences once checked.
20		Kinesthetic Symbols	Students create and practice hand or body symbols associated with the content.	This is essentially TPR
21		Listen Right	During a lecture, the teacher stops. Students write the main points, compare with a partner, and celebrate.			Pause and have students retell the section of the story they just heard to their partner or with their group.
22		Match Mine	Partners on opposite sides of a barrier communicate with precision, attempting to match the other's arrangement of game pieces on a game board.	Describe a picture and have the other person draw the picture (can be CI by having the teacher describe the picture and/or have the students read a description)
23	X	Mix-Freeze-Group	Students rapidly "mix" around the room, "freeze" in their tracks, and frantically "group" to avoid falling into the lost and found.	After students mix, ask a question or make a statement for which the answer is a number - students must get into a group that represents that number (How many legs on a dog?)
24	X	Mix-Pair-Share	The class "mixes" until the teacher calls "pair". Students find a new partner to discuss or answer the teacher's question.			Retell the story ro tell about a projected story or picture
25		Numbered Heads Together	Teammates put their "heads together" to reach consensus on the team's answer. Everyone keeps on their toes because their number may be called to share the team's answer.	Students can work to translate what they hear or what they read.	For answering PQA questions with 2+ people (using the "we" form), students can work together to formulate an answer for the PQA question.		Students practice writing about a picture or re-writing a story.
26		One Stray	One teammate "strays" from her team to a new team to share or gather information.	Students can work on translating a text, then "stray" to other groups to find out words that they don't know.
27		Pairs Compare	Pairs generate a list of possible ideas or answers. Pairs pair and compare their answers with another pair. Finally pais work as a team to create additional answers or ideas.			Students write sentences to retell details about the story.
28		Paired Heads Together	Like Numbered Heads Together, but with pairs - students independently write answers, then share with their shoulder partner, and finally share with face partner.	Students can work to translate what they hear or what they read.	For answering PQA questions with 2+ people (using the "we" form), students can work together to formulate an answer for the PQA question.		Students practice writing about a picture or re-writing a story.
29		Poems for Two Voices	Partners create and present a poem they recite using one voice, the other voice, or both.	Students read sentence frames and insert vocabulary to create a "poem" or story - would work even better when they are reading the original story and changing specific details to be their own story		Students retell a story or create a parallel story to share with the class	Students write a story (may be parallel or use sentence frames).
30		Traveling Heads Together	Numbered Heads Together, but students called on to share move to a new team before sharing.	Students can work to translate what they hear or what they read.	For answering PQA questions with 2+ people (using the "we" form), students can work together to formulate an answer for the PQA question.		Students practice writing about a picture or re-writing a story.
31		Pair Share	Partners take turns sharing and listening
32		Paraphrase Passport	Students earn a passport to speak by accurately paraphrasing the prior speaker.
33		Quiz-Quiz-Trade	Students quiz a partner, get quizzed by a partner, and then trade cards to repeat the process with a new partner.	Quiz Quiz Trade cards have Spanish words/structures/phrases/etc. on them and students must translate them as their "quiz"	Each question slip has a PQA answer on it along with support (i.e. sentence frame, english translations). Students "quiz" each other by asking/answering the PQA questions and trading
34		Quiz-N-Compare	Like Quiz-Quiz-Trade, but students each have worksheets. They work with a partner (RallyCoach) to do two problems, then find a new partner
35		Snowball	Students throw questions and answers (on separate papers) around the room, pick up a "snowball" and find the question/answer that matches their new paper.	Students can copy sentences or vocabulary from a reading/novel and use them to create the 'questions' and answers. Could also do with pictures and descriptions.	Students can copy PQA questions and then create answers - would require many PQA questions that students have already acquired to have enough different items.		Students write about a picture, and then they have to match the picture to what their peer wrote (not CI)	Students must communicate with one anther to
36		RallyCoach	Partners take turns, one solving a problem while the other coaches.	Students are in pairs and trade off: One student translates a text while the other student coaches (may switch every sentence, paragraph, or certain amount of time)
37		Mix-Pair-RallyCoach	RallyCoach but with StandUp-HandUp-PairUp between partners.
38		RallyQuiz	Students take turns quizzing their partners.
39		Traveling RallyQuiz	Students do RallyQuiz combined with StandUp-Hand-Up-PairUp
40		RallyRobin	Take turns sharing brief answers (such as a list) back and forth.
41		Round Robin	Students take turns to share in their team. Variations: Timed Round Robin (specified time), All Write Round Robin (students record each answer on own paper), All Write Consensus (reach consensus and then record), Think-Write-Round Robin (students tink about response and write it down before sharing), Single Round Robin (just one round)
42		Both Record RallyRobin	Both partners record the ideas shared in RallyRobin.
43		RoundTable/RallyTable	Students take turns generating written responses, solving problms, or making a contribution to a project with a paper that is passed around. RoundTable - take turns in teams. RallyTable - partners take turns. Variations: Pass-N-Praise (Students praise the contributions of the person passing the paper to them), RoundTable Consensus (Students much reach consensus before recording an answer.
44		RallyInterview	Partnesr take turns asing each other questions about the topic and receiving a response.
45		RallyRead	Partners take turns reading aloud.	See RallyCoach
46		RallyRecall	Students take turns stating information that has been presented.
47		RallyTable	In pairs, students take turns generating written responses or making contributions to a project.
48		RallyTableConsensus	Students must get approval from their partner efore they write the next response or make the next contribution to the pair project.
49		Simultaneous RoundTable	In teams, students each write a response on their own piece of paper. Students then pass their papers clockwise so each teammate can add to the prior responses. Optional: Pass-N-Praise (students do not release paper until they are praised in a way that makes them feel good).	Students translate a sentenece at a time and then pass it to the next person.				Students write and add to what other students have written.
50		Simultaneous RallyTable	Students do RallyTable but both have papers andare writing/passing at the same time. (may be different topics)	Students translate a sentenece at a time and then pass it to the next person.				Students write and add to what other students have written.
51		Read-N-review	Partners take turn reading passages and quizzing each other to enhance attention and comprehension.
52		RoundRobin	In teams, students take turns responding orally.
53		Continuous RoundRobin	Round Robin that goes on multiple rounds on the same topic
54		Rotating Role RoundRobin	Different roles for each person in Round Robin that rotate each question.
55		Spend-A-Buck	To make a team decision, teammates use funny money and "spend a buck" to vote on their top picks. The option with the most bucks is deemed the team decision.
56		Single RoundRobin	Each teammate has a single RoundRobin turn
57	X	Stand-Up, Hand-Up, Pair-Up	Students stand up, put their hands up, and quickly find a partner with whom to share or discuss.
58		Talking Chips	Temmates place Talking Chips in the center of the table to make sure everyone contributes to the team discussion.
59		Think-Write-RoundRobin	Round Robin preceded by think time and individual writing.
60		Timed RoundRobin	Each student gets a certain amount of time to share.
61		RoundTable	In teams, students take turns generating written responses, solving problems, or making a contribution to the team project that is passed around the table.	Students translate
62		Continuous RoundTable	The team does multiple rounds of RoundTable until the teacher says time is up.
63		Pass-N-Praise	Add on to RoundTable where students have to praise their teammate's response when passing.				Students write on a topic (a structure, a story, picture, etc.) and then pass for the next student to continue.
64		Rotating Role RoundTable	RoundTable teams each have one role, and the role changes each question.
65		RoundTable Consensus	Students must check for approval from teammates before they make their own contribution.
66		Simultaneous RoundTable	Students all have a paper in RoundTable and are working simultaneously
67		Single RoundTable	One round of RoundTable
68		Timed RoundTable	Time limit for students to take turns.
69		Sage-N-Scribe	In pairs, students sole problems, taking turns playing the roles of "sage" (instructs) and "scribe" (writs the solution and tutors if necessary.
70		Showdown	When the Showdown Captain calls "Showdown!", teammates all display their own answers. Teammates either celebrate or tutor, and then celebrate.	Display word/phrase/short passage on the board and students translate it
71	X	Similarity Groups	Students move about the room forming groups based on similarities.	Students must listen to the teacher's question and understand it to group themselves.	Students group themselves based on answers; Discuss and compare the groups using PQA			Students must ask/answer and communicate about interests to find groups.
72		Talking Chips	Teammates place a "talking chip" in the center of the team table each time they talk. No one can talk again until all chips have been used, and teammates collect their chips for another round.
73		Team Interview	Each teammate is interviewd by three teammates at once and also act three times in the role of the interviewer.		Students interview each other using a list of PQA questions. (Provide sentence frames to improve accuracy). Would be a good idea for review once students have acquired vocabulary for an extended list of PQA questions; would be good preparation for an oral interpersonal assessment.			Students ask and answer questions repeatedly.
74		Timed Pair Share	Partners take turns listening and sharing.			Students do retells for a certain amount of time and the switch - their partner may do the same/different retell or pick up where the other student left off
75		Gossip Gossip	Pair share extension - Students "gossip" by telling new partners what their old partners said.
76		Timed Pair Interview	Interview each other for a certain amount of time.
77		Traveling Pair Share	Students pair up with classmates to ask/answer a questoin, switch, and then find new partners.
78		Invisible Pal	Students take notes on a topic (different topics for different students), pair up, and "introduce" their "invisible pal" and trade "pals"	Students can take notes to summarize a chapter/section of a reading passage/about a specific character/etc., then share that with other students.			Students can write about various topics (stories, characters, images, etc.) in Spanish and then share what they wrote with classmates.
79		Team Stand-N-Share	Teams check off or add each idea as it is shared by other teams, sitting down to show every team's ideas have been shared.			Teamsshare details about a story, with other teams checking off/adding those details.	Before sharing, the teams write their ideas for the story.
80		Team Windows	Student A makes a statement. Student B, C, D say whether they agree/disagree using complete sentences. Student A writes the statement in the box that corresponds with the total number of group members that agree (including self). Roles rotate.
81		Telephone	One student per team leaves the room during instruction. When students return, teammates provide instruction on the information missed.
82		Three-Step Interview	Students interview their partner and then each share with teammates what they learned.		Students read PQA questions off of a piece of paper (second person) and their partner answers the question (third person). They then "report" what their partner said to another partner (third person). Provide sentence frames to improve accuracy.
83		Timed Pair Share	In pairs, students share with a partner for a predetermined time while the partner listens. Then partners switch roles.			Students practice retelling the story for a certain amount of time while their partner listens. When they switch, the other partner could pick up where their first partner left off or tell the story from the beginning.
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