Teacher needs to have expository text well organized and grouping pre-determined. They are grouped as experts based on the sticker in the upper left-hand corner of the card. They are later re-grouped based on the sticker in the upper right hand corner of the card. As experts, students read expository text and highlight useful information. The students then regroup, teach each other what they learned, and begin to fill out the group process grid.
Teacher puts up the large comparison chart on butcher paper.
Groups are called on to fill in the class chart. Class as a whole discusses commonalties and differences among the three frog species, and how it may benefit or harm them. Process grid is put up in classroom as a resource. This GLAD strategy provides text organization and structure. It is a visual structure used to categorize information.