Academic Conversations Ch 3

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support ideas with examples

evaluating the support of examples: students must learn what examples are more important than others

supportive examples practice

planning conversations on paper

Hunting Deep Quotations

synthesize conversation points

converse at the computer

Parking, Promoting, and Pruning ideas: students must learn to only use the most useful info

Build on or challenge a partners idea

practice norms for controversial conversations: must know how to have a debate in an academic way

two minute opinion share

Paraphrase

paraphrase cards

understand and organize a listener: students must be able to listen without interjecting.

Elaborate and Clarify activities

journal jumpstarts: useful if you think students aren't ready to talk

organizers and manipulatives

analogies and metaphors: challenge students to come up with own analogies