Jigsawing With Non-Fiction Books About Our Bodies

Each student read one of five books about the human body independently.

They then got together in groups with people who had read the same book. I gave them some thought-provoking questions to consider when discussing the book together.

After ten minutes of in-depth conversation, they got into groups of people who had all read different books. they took it in turns to tell the group about what they had read and to share the most interesting or important information they had found.

This technique is a great way for students to pick up knowledge very quickly, and to get a good idea about what a book is about and how it may help them with research in the future.