Book Detectives

This was a reciprocal teaching technique for guided reading. Students were assigned to three groups.  

Materials: 

Multiple copies of the same book: enough for one per student in each group. In this class two groups had a Paul Jennings book and one group had Flat Stanley. 

Summariser: Outlines key parts of the story

Question master: Formulates questions, as though they were formulating a quiz about the book. 

Word finder: Finds at least two interesting or unknown words. Is responsible for looking up words that other group members refer. 

Illustrator: Provides a picture of the passage.

?Story Mapper:  Maps the story so far. 

Students are assigned one role per lesson. Teacher tells them how many pages to read before undertaking their role. 

At this link are some bookmarks which each student can use to remind them of their role: Book Detectives