Give One, Get One is a discussion strategy that enables students to share their learning and understanding. It encourages active listening and allows students to be resources for one another.
Procedure
1
Ask students to respond to a prompt related to a question, an image, or text by completing a graphic organizer or otherwise recording their thinking.
2
Introduce the following steps to students:
a)
Invite students to get up and move around the room.
b)
Signal for students to stop and pair up.
c)
Invite students to share one of their details, responses, or other important ideas about the topic or text. This should be a detail that the other student has not recorded, giving them the opportunity to obtain new information from their partner.
3
After 2 minutes, invite students to mingle again.
4
Repeat the process for the desired number of rounds.
Differentiation
Limited Mobility and Space: To support limited mobility and space, create one stationary and one mobile group, with the latter moving to engage with seated partners. This ensures that all students can participate fully.
Language Partners: To support language development, consider inviting multi-language learners to partner with a classmate who speaks the student’s home language as well as English. Invite these students to participate in the activity together using both languages to support learning.
Use Text Evidence: For students who would benefit from an additional challenge, encourage them to use direct quotes from the text to support their responses.
Variations
Change Group Size: Rather than have students pair up, invite them to form triads or quartets to share information.
