My Cooperative Lesson Student Task Sheet Example (7th Grade)

“Hieroglyphics Poem Activity”

-          In groups of 4, collaboratively create your own poem in hieroglyphics that depict an important event, person, or concept in Ancient Egypt. 

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       Use the hieroglyphics decoder provided to encode a message for your classmates to decipher.

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       Each member of the group must provide one line to the poem.

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           Social Skill Focus – Respectably speak and work with one another using Stems.

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             Each member of the group will have a role.  Choose one:

§  Artist/Scribe -  Responsible for visual creativity which includes overall layout, clarity, and visual appeal.

§  Schedule Keeper/Time Manager – Responsible for keeping group on schedule to complete the message before the final decoding activity.

§  Stem Monitor/Tally-Keeper -  Responsible for ensuring all members have an equal voice, use Stems to communicate, and respectfully work with one another.  This student will keep notes of all students’ contributions to the project and make a brief report to the class afterwards.  This report will include commendations of fellow group members. 

§  Message Coordinator – Responsible for honing in group input and focusing the group’s efforts on the message or concept they collaboratively decide. 

Decoding Activity - Poems will be posted around the room and students will decode other groups’ hieroglyphic poem at the end of the unit.