QFT Lesson – Cooperation
Qft Lesson -
Life Principle
COOPERATION – Working Together
Quote: TEAMWORK , Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
--Henry Ford
Spanish: la cooperatión
#1) Life Principle
- We can choose to show cooperation in our attitudes and actions. (Choices Materials)
- We can work with others, sharing our talents and supporting their ideas.
- We will strive to act in a cooperative manner to all.
#2) Key Ideas
- We can choose to show cooperation in our attitudes and actions. (Choices Materials)
- We can work with others, sharing our talents and supporting their ideas.
- We will strive to act in a cooperative manner to all.
#3) Lexicon
Lexicon: COOPERATION
DICTIONARY Oxford Spanish Dictionary
- Break the word into pieces
- Sound out the word
- Find the root word
- Select synonyms that support
Sign Language for Cooperate:
Interlock hands in ‘9’ position and
circle horizontally.
#4) Describing the Process
- What would cooperation look like, sound like, feel like?
- Use web-graphic to describe “cooperation”, and using complete sentences add supporting details.
#5) Introduce the Question Focus
State topic for questions. QFT – Question Formulation Technique
“Our Question Focus for this lesson is about Cooperation.
#6) Produce the Questions
Materials needed: white paper and markers
Allow about 10 minutes
- Ask as many questions as you can.
- Change any statements into questions.
- Write down every question as it is stated.
- Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer the questions.
#7) Improve Questions
- Identify open and closed ended questions
- Change questions: select one question to change from open to closed-ended and one closed questions to open-ended.
Allow 4-8 minutes.
#8) Prioritize Questions
State lesson plan criteria/guidelines and ask learners to identify 2-3 questions they think are most important.
Allow 10-20 minutes
Group Share Out: Have each group share their rationale for choosing priority questions.
Allow about 10 minutes.
#9) Discuss Next Steps
“What are we going to do with these questions?”
(Whole Group Discussion – outcome to align with lesson objectives.)
Sample: What behaviors support cooperation?
#10) Reflect
Individual and Group Reflection: Ask a topic related question for learners to reflect upon briefly in writing about what they have learned.
Discuss and report in small or whole group.
Sample: “What does cooperation look like for us?”