Clarify Pair Share 1

Te Whāinga
This activity helps students to clarify meaning.

Ngā Rautaki Whakaaro

Explaining, monitoring, predicting, processing knowledge.

He Kupu Matua mō te Mahi

Reo tū hono i te take me te pānga, whakamārama.

Te Mahi
Students identify parts of a text that they do not fully understand and discuss ideas with others to clarify the
meaning.

He Rauemi Tautoko
 A photocopy of the text for each student.
 Highlighter pens.

Te Ara Tohutohu
Remind students of discussion routines before beginning the activity.
1. Group students in to pairs.

2. Have students follow the text with their eyes as it is read to them.

3. Ask students to think of something in the text they did not understand.

4. Give students time to select and highlight the parts they are not quite sure of.

5. Students turn to their partners and share their selections.

6. Students share what they think is the explanation for not understanding these selections with their
partners and together they try and clarify the meaning.

7. Have students turn and join another pair and share their clarifications with this pair.

8. Ask students to share their clarification with the class.

9. If meaning is still not clear, support the students by reading the whole sentence out to the class and
then clarify the meaning by providing context for the sentence.

1 Adapted from D. Whitehead (2001, p. 41).