27. REQWEST (Feedback, Questioning, Discussion, Collaboration, Reading)
Description: ReQwest is based on Anthony J. Manzo’s reading comprehension activity, ReQuest.
Application: Use ReQwest as an assessment for understanding but also as a method by which students are practicing good questioning behaviors.
Process: Divide the class into small groups and provide each group with a reading selection. Direct each group to appoint a group representative. Give groups enough time to read the selection and develop three or four discussion questions. Tell representative to shift to another group to ask the most compelling question and elicit discussion within group and, if necessary, clarify or explain answer. At the appropriate time, move the representative to another group, asking the same question. After a few rounds, return student representatives to original group to repeat the process with each group appointing a new representative and asking and answering a new question amongst the groups.
Description: ReQwest is based on Anthony J. Manzo’s reading comprehension activity, ReQuest.
Application: Use ReQwest as an assessment for understanding but also as a method by which students are practicing good questioning behaviors.
Process: Divide the class into small groups and provide each group with a reading selection. Direct each group to appoint a group representative. Give groups enough time to read the selection and develop three or four discussion questions. Tell representative to shift to another group to ask the most compelling question and elicit discussion within group and, if necessary, clarify or explain answer. At the appropriate time, move the representative to another group, asking the same question. After a few rounds, return student representatives to original group to repeat the process with each group appointing a new representative and asking and answering a new question amongst the groups.
Reference and/or for more information:
27. ReQwest
Adaptation of Manzo’s Request. http://www.readingeducator.com/strategies.request.pdf
27. ReQwest
Adaptation of Manzo’s Request. http://www.readingeducator.com/strategies.request.pdf
