CIRCLE UP! Today's video simulation uses the "Round Robin Monologue" action strategy. This is a spontaneous monologue technique, which seems particularly effective because it allows the students to be free and open right "in the moment" of comprehension/exploration. It can used as a pre, during, and post reading strategy, modified to fit any stage of the process. The students stand in a circle and are asked to think up a reaction sentence to a prompt. Then, the students turn to the inside of the circle while saying their statement. The "ripple" effect makes for a multidimensional, complex cycle of answers. It is reflective of the complex nature of interior monolgues all humans experience. For today's lesson, the activity was used as a pre-reading strategy for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. The prompt was "A father is...". After the activity, I explained how we will study Atticus Finch and fatherhood in the book. We will do another round robin monolgue at the end of our unit.
Check it out @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvMFx_rcIEg
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