Jig Saw “Sell”

Purpose

Group members become experts in different parts of the content and “sell it” (teach with enthusiasm) to their home group members.

Materials

• Assignments for each expert group
• Jig Saw “Sell” template, copied or projected (English/Spanish)

Instructions

1. Organize students into home groups of 4, then number off 1-2-3-4 to form expert groups.
2. Assign each expert group a topic, step in a process, or section of content.
3. Expert groups use the Jig Saw “Sell” template to:
   • Collaborate and dig deeply into their assigned topic
   • Summarize how to “sell” the important information in 5 key selling points
4. Experts return to their home groups and have 1 minute each to sell the importance of their topic.
5. Observe students’ thinking and clarify/verify as appropriate.
6. Have students summarize all 4 parts of the content through a graphic organizer, journal entry, or note-taking device.

Classroom Management

• Role-play the movement between home groups/expert groups.
• Allow students to move one group at a time.
• Facilitate each expert’s 1-minute “sell” through teacher signals or cues.

Differentiation

• Promote access to text by providing auditory, summarized, or electronic text offered text in manageable chunks.
• Promote access by providing visually supported text, partnering with a supportive peer for read-alouds, and/or allowing text-to-speech supports.
• Provide response support by allowing students to record their selling points through an audio/visual support or allowing students to dictate ideas to a scribe.
• Provide response support by allowing speech-to-text or word prediction supports if completing with a digital version of the Jig Saw “Sell” template.

Think It Up!

• Have students think more deeply about the concept by responding to a Think It Up prompt as an exit ticket or journal entry:
  • How do all the expert group ideas connect?
  • Explain a cause/effect relationship between two of the expert groups’ ideas.
• Encourage students to use lead4ward’s Thinking Stems (English/Spanish) to frame their responses, if needed.