Rosco, Rhodora P. Mr.

Bunyi
BSED-IV English EDUC 10
Reciprocal Teaching
Teacher: Good morning, class!
Students: Good morning, Ma’am!
Teacher: Our lesson for today is all about a story of “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers”
Students: Okay, Ma’am!
Teacher: I will group you into four. The Group 1 will be the ‘predictors’, the Group 2 will be the
‘summarizer’, the Group 3 is the ‘questioner’, and the Group 4 will be the ‘clarifier’. Now, go to
your groupmates and then I will explain the further Instructions.
Students: Okay, Ma’am!
Teacher: For group 1, I will give you a picture and then figure out what will happen next. For
group 2, you need to read the story and tell the group what you have read in your own words in
picking out the main ideas. For Group 3, Ask questions which will help the group to understand
what has been read. And for the group 4, write down the words or phrases that is unclear then find
the meaning of it.
Students: Okay, Ma’am!
Teacher: Okay, you may start now.
After 20 minutes…
Teacher: Class are you done?
Students: Yes, Ma’am!
Teacher: Group 1, You may present your work!
Group 1: The given task to us, is to predict on what’s happening on the picture.
 Prediction: The story will be about a person who walks on a high wire. I think he
will get into trouble for walking between two tall towers.
Evidence: The cover shows a picture of a city below a rope that someone is standing
on. I remember seeing the high wire act at the circus. Towards the end of the book
is a picture of a judge.
Teacher: Do you all agree, class?
Students: Yes, Ma’am!
Teacher: Thank You, Group 1! Okay Group 2, You may also present your work.
Group 2: After we’ve read the story, we are tasked to summarize the story.
Main Idea:
First, Philippe loved to walk on a tight rope.
Second, he walked between the steeples of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Third, Philippe wanted to walk between the two World Trade Center towers.
Fourth, he knew they would tell him no. He and his friends came up with a
plan.
Then, one morning Philippe walked between the two towers.
Summary:
Philippe loved to walk and dance on the high wire. He even walked between
the two steeples of Notre Dame Cathedral. Philippe settled in New York City during
the time when the World Trade Center towers were being built. He wanted to walk
between these two towers. He and his friends devised a plan. They were able to get
into the towers by disguising themselves as construction workers. Philippe and one
friend went up one tower while two of his other friends went to the top of the other
tower. During the night they set up a high wire between the two towers. The next
morning Philippe spent two hours dancing and walking on the between the two
towers. He ignored policemen who begged him to get down. When he had had
enough, he climbed down and was arrested. The judge sentenced him to performing
in the park for the children of the city.
Teacher: Do you all agree, class?
Students: Yes, Ma’am!
Teacher: Thank you, Group 2! Next group, please!
Group 3: We create some questions related to the main ideas.
Question 1: Would you walk on a high wire? Why or why not?
 Question 2: Do you think Philippe got into trouble for walking between the steeples
at Notre Dame Cathedral? Why or why not?
Question 3: Why would walking between the two towers be dangerous?
Question 4: What did Philippe and his friends do?
Question 5: What happened to Phillippe?
Teacher: Do you all agree, class?
Students: Yes, Ma’am!
Teacher: Thank you, Group 3! Last group, please present you work!
Group 4: We are here to clarify some words in the story.
1. Philippe- I asked our groupmates to pronounce the name, because it is unfamiliar.
Teacher: Thank you, Group 4! Okay class, after you’ve analyze the story, I am happy that you all
understand the whole passage of the story. That’s all for today, class dismiss!
Students: Thank You Ma’am!