Noah sits in one of the three chairs to give his facts and opinion to the discussion question: Are chemicals the biggest threat to water quality? He is sitting in the 'No' chair and speaking his opinion from examining the expert and common texts related to water quality. The kids had 22 texts from many sources and various reading levels to find information related to the Guiding Question of this expedition. The GQ is How does water quality affect the ecology of a community?
This discussion protocol I learned while at the EL National Convention in Portland over Spring Break. As soon as I learned it, I knew this crew would love it.
It is a very structured format and each and every student speaks during this discussion. There are 3 chairs. One for NO, the one in the middle for posing questions to the group for clarification and deeper understanding, and a YES chair. For the YES/NO chairs, the student speaks and there is only listening from the group. The Question chairs allows the person there to pose a question that has come up for them about the topic and engage in conversation with the group. Only one person comes up at a time. We had several good questions that allowed for interaction that was interesting and informative.
The crew really likes this protocol. The discussion lasted an hour and could have gone longer. After each person had a chance to go to one chair, then the floor is open and each can come up again. They said they appreciated how each voice was heard and interesting to see how people thought about this one deep question. They also said that it was interesting to see which sources were used.
This discussion protocol I learned while at the EL National Convention in Portland over Spring Break. As soon as I learned it, I knew this crew would love it.
It is a very structured format and each and every student speaks during this discussion. There are 3 chairs. One for NO, the one in the middle for posing questions to the group for clarification and deeper understanding, and a YES chair. For the YES/NO chairs, the student speaks and there is only listening from the group. The Question chairs allows the person there to pose a question that has come up for them about the topic and engage in conversation with the group. Only one person comes up at a time. We had several good questions that allowed for interaction that was interesting and informative.
The crew really likes this protocol. The discussion lasted an hour and could have gone longer. After each person had a chance to go to one chair, then the floor is open and each can come up again. They said they appreciated how each voice was heard and interesting to see how people thought about this one deep question. They also said that it was interesting to see which sources were used.
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