Line-Ups

Grouping

• The students are all part of the same group

Materials

• No materials are need really, however it is best to do this activity in a gym or another facility that has a long straight line.

Directions

• All students are to stand randomly on the line
• The students are given directions that there is not to be any talking during the activity
• The students are also told that when organizing themselves they must continue to stand on the line with both feet.  So if they take a step it must be on the same line.
• The teacher then gives them a disruption of how the students are to line up, (example alphabetically by last name, 2^nd letter of Name, calendar birthday, etc…)
• The students must find alternative ways to communicate without speaking.
• They must also work together to help one another pass in front or behind each other.
• After the student have arranged themselves in the order of the directions, the teacher checks for their success then gives other instructions so they must organize themselves in another order.

Kagan Strategies (1998).  Retrieved July 20, 2011 from http://weblink.scsd.us/~prodev/Humanities/other%20kagan%structures.pdf