One way to ensure group and individual accountability is through the use of a discussion roundtable. Students can simply fold a piece of paper like the one in the Figure below. As they read a selected piece of text, they take notes in the upper-left quadrant. They then take turns discussing the text and recording the content that their peers share in the other quadrants. At the end of the conversation they can summarize their understanding of the text, identify the theme, or ask questions (depending on the task assigned the teacher) in the area in the center.