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Dialogic Teaching Essentials: This article talks about the essential elements
of dialogic discussion. How are students engaging with one another in the
room? What does discussion look like?
Four Corner Activity: This activity is a large group discussion regarding the
themes of a text. Students are provided a statement and they have to move
about the room to the corner that corresponds with how they feel (strongly
agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree) about the statement and justify
their decision. They must defend and argue their positions against other
students in the class. Student talk developed between groups without me
needing to guide them through the discussion allowing for students to talk
about a theme before we discuss it in regards to the book. Many students
who dont normally raise their hands really became engaged in the
discussions, which expanded to take two full class periods, and multiple
students asked me if we could do it again later.
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