Panel of Experts
Students tend to love playing Panel of Experts as it is a
way of bringing reading comprehension alive and allows them a chance to show their understanding in a hands on manner. Teachers could use this activity
to help focus on strategies 1, 3,5,6,7 and 9 as it helps . This activity can be played as a
whole class or in smaller groups.
Panel of experts can be played a number of ways. For fiction books one students take on the persona of a character of a book or could take on the persona of the author. After reading a book the student chosen to be in the hot seat revels the character that they would like to take on. The rest of the class ask questions to the expert to find out more about the chosen character and their point of view. The expert needs to take on the persona of the character and answer the questions in a manner that reflects the characters personality and the events that happened in the book. This activity allows students to explore the characters, analyse story events, draw inferences and try out different interpretations (Hill,2012.pg232).
For non-fiction books or information sheets select five students to be the ‘experts’ allow them to go off in a group and read the information. Students should be able to use highlighters to highlight important information. Their job is to be an expert in the field and in 15 minutes will be required to answer questions from the other members of the class. The rest of the class also reads the information and their job is to come up with questions that will challenge the experts- you could turn this into a competition where the experts verse the rest of the class.
Panel of experts can be played a number of ways. For fiction books one students take on the persona of a character of a book or could take on the persona of the author. After reading a book the student chosen to be in the hot seat revels the character that they would like to take on. The rest of the class ask questions to the expert to find out more about the chosen character and their point of view. The expert needs to take on the persona of the character and answer the questions in a manner that reflects the characters personality and the events that happened in the book. This activity allows students to explore the characters, analyse story events, draw inferences and try out different interpretations (Hill,2012.pg232).
For non-fiction books or information sheets select five students to be the ‘experts’ allow them to go off in a group and read the information. Students should be able to use highlighters to highlight important information. Their job is to be an expert in the field and in 15 minutes will be required to answer questions from the other members of the class. The rest of the class also reads the information and their job is to come up with questions that will challenge the experts- you could turn this into a competition where the experts verse the rest of the class.