Tea Party Activity Strategies

The video tutorial introduces the 'Tea Party' strategy from Chris Toan's book, which aids students in practicing speaking, listening, predicting, and writing. The strategy involves students sharing quotes from a text, discussing their meanings, and making predictions. Teachers are guided on how to implement this strategy in the classroom, including preparing quotes, facilitating student interaction, and forming groups for prediction exercises. The tutorial concludes with information on additional resources available online.

What is the primary purpose of the 'Tea Party' strategy?

• To develop students' artistic abilities

• To enhance students' comprehension and communication skills

• To teach students about historical events

• To improve students' math skills

What should teachers do first when implementing the 'Tea Party' strategy?

• Prepare a lecture

• Assign homework

• Organize a field trip

• Preview the text and select thought-provoking quotes

How should quotes be prepared for the 'Tea Party' activity?

• Displayed on a projector

• Sent via email

• Printed on sentence strips or index cards

• Written on the board

During the 'Tea Party', what is one of the goals for students?

• To create a poster

• To write an essay

• To share their quotes with as many classmates as possible

• To memorize the quotes

What should students do after sharing their quotes?

• Ignore the quotes

• Translate the quotes into another language

• Throw away the quotes

• Discuss how the quotes might be related

What is a key role of the teacher during the 'Tea Party' activity?

• To organize a debate

• To grade papers

• To monitor and support students as they discuss

• To give a lecture

What should students do after the 'Tea Party' activity?

• Take a test

• Create a video presentation

• Write a 'We Think' statement predicting the text's content

• Read a different book

What is the purpose of sharing predictions out loud?

• To practice public speaking

• To entertain classmates

• To compete for the best prediction

• To share specific information that led to their predictions

Where can teachers find more strategies and resources?

• On the website www.wegot.com

• In a newspaper

• On a television show

• In a local library