Inside-Outside+Circle


 * Inside-Outside Circle** *

** Steps to using Inside-Outside Circle: **
 * 1) Preparation - Write half as many basic comprehension questions on cards as you have students in class. The answer should also be included on the card. Opinion and evaluation questions may also be included.
 * 2) Move desks toward the walls to clear a large space in the center of the room. Have students count off by twos. Have the "ones' form a circle in the middle, facing out. Have the "twos" form a circle outside the "ones" facing in. (There should now be a double circle, with student pairs facing one another.) Ask students to greet one another by name and shake hands.
 * 3) Distribute question cards to students in the inside circle. The inside student reads the question to his or her outside partner. The outside student answers, or attempts to answer. If the student can't answer or gives an incorrect answer, the inside partner is to tell him or her the answer.
 * 4) At your signal (a switch of the lights, beeper etc.), the outside circle students take a step or two to their left so that they now are with a new partner. They are to shake hands and greet their new partner, who reads them a new question.
 * 5) The outside circle continues to shift to the left until students are back with their original partners. The inside/outside students then trade places, and the question card is traded to the new inside circle person. The new outside students take a few steps to the left to greet a new partner and continue until they are again back to their original partners.


 * Adapted with permissions from Kagan Publishing; Kagan, Spencer, Cooperative Learning. ([|www.KaganOnline.com])