AB Each Teach

Why use it?

• To increase student comprehension of a text, video or other pieces of content
• To facilitate dialogue between students

Tips for Success

• Choose a piece of content that you want students to analyze deeply. Choose content that can be easily understood if a reader begins at multiple points. One student will begin reading or watching partway through the content. Non-fiction content or a text that has a natural halfway point is particularly well suited for this learning strategy. 
• Specify which parts of the text each partner should read. 
• Consider modeling how to identify and teach the key points before students split into pairs. 

How do I use it?

1. Give students a text, video, or other piece of content to interact with. 
2. Organize students into pairs. 
3. Partner A reads one section of text to themselves while partner B reads another section of text to themselves.
4. When both students are ready, they teach the key points from their section to their partner.

Variations

• To conclude, have pairs work together to develop a summary of the text.
• Have students work in groups of three or four. Each one takes a section of the text, reads it, and teaches the key points from their section to the group. 
• After reading, students could take a few minutes to gather their thoughts and record key points before sharing what they learned with their partner. Students could then record what their partner says as well. 
• With longer pieces of text, this process could be repeated multiple times. Each time smaller chunks of text should be used.