Trainers, coaches, and expert teachers are encouraged to use this planner to provide in-service training on facilitating text discussion. During this session, teachers will view or listen to four teachers describing how they facilitate text discussion; they will discuss their observations, and then complete a planning tool to prepare for a text discussion in their own classroom.
Related Media and Files:
- Mark It Up! Questioning and Making Connections (Sample Material)
- Social Studies Pair-Sharing and Discussion Guidelines (Sample Material)
- Literature Circles Lesson Plan and Materials (Sample Material)
- Analyzing Speeches: Homework Assignments and Note-Taking Templates (Sample Material)
- Mark It Up! Scaffolding Text Discussion (Video)
- Student-Driven Discussions in Social Studies (Video)
- Literature Circles in High School (Video)
- Building Academic Literacy Through Text Discussion (Audio)
