Planning for Engaging Text Discussions

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.

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• 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)

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