On a KWL chart, the teacher writes what the students already know about the human brain, as well as what they want to know. The teacher uses pictures to help with the brainstorming.

The students work in closed pairs and quiz each other. Student A marks down how many "a" and "b" answers student B got, and vice versa. To know if they are right or left brained, they listen to an analysis of their results and mark whether characteristics are typical of left-brained (L) or right-brained people (R). They, then, discuss briefly if they were surprised by their results, and why/ why not.

The teacher elicits and clarifies the meaning of vocabulary items that could be useful for the upcoming discussion.

The teacher encourages the students to brainstorm ideas related to brain tendencies and preferences. The students are divided into groups of 3 or 4. They are handed controversial statements and are invited to discuss them. The teacher monitors and switches groups if conversations stagnate. Useful phrases for conversations will be flashed on the board

The teacher writes examples of good language as well as sentences that could be improved. He/she goes back to the K/W/L chart and asks the students about what they have learned about the brain.