Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.

This Is My Group! Plan Activities

Objective: The student will correctly apply the skills discussed to create the foundation of a well functioning group.

Activity: This is My Group! Students are assigned to cooperative groups which will be used throughout the unit. (I choose to assign my groups, but student-selected groups can also be used.) Each group is asked to complete the following tasks: 1) Interview each group member in order to get to know each other better. 2) Name the group. 3) Select a group mascot and three group colors. Groups are to be ready to introduce themselves to the whole class.

Assessment: The use of the skills discussed as necessary in good group work forms the basis of the evaluation for this activity as well as the final products in the following activity.