9. Too Much Teacher Talk?
In one study of 1,151 classroom discussions
occurring in over 200 classrooms:
– 93.31% (1074 discussions) were completely
monologic (teacher-centered) in nature
– Of the 6.69% (77) that included “dialogic
episodes” (moments when students directed the
conversation), those episodes lasted for an
average of 15 seconds
(Nystrand et al., 2003)
12. Harcourt – Trophies Example
• Read First paragraph of “Old Notch”
– Ask: How long of a ride in the car would it be to
go to the store? (one hour)
– How do you know? (read it right there in the text)
– Why do you think someone would want to live
that far away from a store?
– How do you know? (in my head)
Two main places to find answers
13. Open Ended questions - Brainstorming
• https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/anal
yzing-text-brainstorming
14. “Students in classrooms with high academic
demands and more emphasis on discussion-based
approaches show higher end-of-year literacy
performance.”
(Applebee et al., 2003, p. 717)
15. What is a Socratic Circle?
A constructivist strategy in
which participants engage
in a conversation to
collectively seek a deeper
understanding of complex
ideas.
18. Socratic Questions for “Fire!”
After reading “Fire!”, do you think you
would like to be a firefighter? (p 515
Open-ended response)
What is the difference between
firefighters in big cities and firefighters in
many small towns? (p 507 Summarize)
Evaluate “Question of the Day” to use
19. Grade Level Planning
1. Look at your next story
2. Decide on a Questioning Strategy to use
(QAR, Socratic, ReQuest, Thick and Thin,
Nonfiction, Open-ended, etc.)
3. Create at least 3 questions, at various
levels, you would like the students to discuss.
4. Plan when to implement the lesson
5. Reflection?