Have students read aloud from the text. At the end of each paragraph have another students summarize the text. Teacher reads aloud a paragraph which describes an action. Four volunteers or recruits act out the actions while the rest of the class compares their actions to the text. Teacher reads aloud a paragraph with visual action.
Students draw what they heard.
Give each student a question related to a particular paragraph in the text. When they hear the answer to the question, they should raise their hands and ask it to the rest of the class. After each activity, remind students of the skill they are working on and note people who were particularly good at it. This training activity demonstrates to students the type of interaction that results when members repond to one another. In a very artificial way students go through the motions of responding.