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To encourage students to share their thoughts about a topic or text. This will engage all students in the sharing process while still allowing them to express their own opinions without the fear of “being wrong.” This requires students to build on or add to each others ideas and perspectives.
STEPS:
SETTING UP LEARNING: Give students two post-it notes and an article/text/image to read or analyze.
MARKING THE TEXT: Tell the student the Marking the Text symbols they will be using as they skim/read the text. Students can use sticky notes to mark symbols in the text if unable to physically mark due to the type of text (ex. textbook)
USING the STICKY NOTES: After reading and marking the text, students will write down two ideas from the text that stood out to them in some way. They will write one idea on each post-it note. The sticky notes will be used for the discussion.
DISCUSSION: Start on one side of the classroom and go around the room in order. The first student shares one thing that stood out to them, the next student can then build on what the first student said, or can share a different point. As each student shares, they must build on or add to the previous point, but may not repeat what has already been said.
SCAFFOLDS:
Provide sentence frames for students to use in the huddle.
Begin with non-academic topics to build community and trust.
Use pictures or graphics
Choose one of the Writing in the Margins categories while reading for students to share
Have students practice sharing with an A/B or WICOR partner before sharing with the whole group to build up confidence.
EXTENSIONS:
Have students reflect on the discussion and new information they learned in a quick write or a learning log.
Have students choose another student's perspective and write why they liked what they said and how it impacted what they thought about the text.
Have students create a 20 word gist statement highlighting what they learned from the discussion.
Have student complete a KWL chart prior to the lesson, having them complete the “L” after the discussion
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