Oral Communication Units and Activities
ENITS OR ENOTS?
Unit(s): Cooperative Learning/Group Interaction
Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to cooperative learning techniques and to stress the importance of interpersonal communication in group interaction.
Objectives:
Students will understand the importance of working cooperatively in groups.
Students will demonstrate interpersonal communication skills.
Materials:
- Copies of ENITS OR ENOTS, STAD Simulation - Worksheet
- Copies of ENITS OR ENOTS Quiz
Procedure:
- Divide class into groups of 5 to 6 students per group.
- Hand out copies of STAD Simulation - Worksheet.
- Read the rules for determining ENITS OR ENOTS.
- Give the following directions:
As a group you have 20 minutes to complete the worksheet determining which creatures are ENITS and which creatures are ENOTS. Your goal is NOT just to finish the worksheet but also make sure that everyone in your group can recall and apply the rules correctly. At the end of the 20 minutes, we will check the worksheet and then you will be given a quiz on ENITS OR ENOTS. Your grade will be determined by the average score of the members of your group, even though you will take the quiz individually. It is therefore extremely important that you make sure that each member of your group can recall and apply the rules correctly.- Check the worksheet for correct answers following the 20 minutes.
- Give the quiz. (You may wish to move the members of the groups to form other groups to take the test. It is interesting to note that students do no want to help others in answering the questions because they are not a part of their own group.)
STAD SIMULATION - WORKSHEET
Version 2
ENITS OR ENOTS?
Creatures on the planet Nelle have been studied at length by anthropologists and determined to fall into two categories -- Enits and Enots. You, two, can tell Enits from Enots by using the following rules:
- Any creature with a smile, a hat, and no ears is an Enits.
- Any creature with no smile, no hat, but two ears is an Enits.
- Any creature with no smile and a bowtie is an Enits.
- Any creature not identified as an Enits by rule 1, 2, or 3 is an Enots.
Determine which are Enits and which are Enots!
STAD SIMULATION - WORKSHEET
Version 2
ENITS OR ENOTS?
Worksheet Answer Sheet
1. Enots
2. Enots
3. Enits by rule 2
4. Enots
5. Enits by rule 1
6. Enits by rule 2 and rule 3
7. Enots
8. Enots
9. Enots
10. Enits by rule 3
11. Enits by rule 1
12. Enits by rule 3
13. Enots
14. Enots
15. Enits by rule 3
16. Enits by rule 2
Remember, the goal is not just to finish the worksheet, but also to make sure that everyone on your teem can recall and apply the rules correctly.
You must memorize the rules for the quiz.
STAD SIMULATION - WORKSHEET
Version 2
ENITS OR ENOTS?
QUIZ
Determine which are Enits and which are Enots.
Write your answers (Enits or Enots) in the spaces provided.
Do your best!
STAD SIMULATION - WORKSHEET
Version 2
ENITS OR ENOTS?
Quiz -- Answer Sheet
1. Enits by rule 2 and rule 3
2. Enots
3. Enits by rule 1
4. Enots
5. Enots
6. Enots
7. Enits by rule 1
8. Enits by rule 3
9. Enits by rule 2
10. Enits by rule 3
