Giving your opinion                                               Interrupting                              

Making inferences                                                 Repeating                                

Giving examples                                                    Introducing unrelated topic       

Referring to/Quoting the text                                 Dominating                              

Making Connections                                             Personal Attack                       

Recognizing contradictions                                    Distracting others                     

Asking thoughtful questions                                   Never speaking                       

Building on other’s ideas          

Involving others                       

Affirming other’s viewpoints                                  Asking clarifying questions       

Combining information

(To come up w/ a new idea)    

 Guidelines for Discussion

*Refer to the text when you need to during the discussion.

*Ask for clarifications; do not stay confused.

*Stick to the point.

*Don’t raise hands; take turns.

*Use your “public” voice so that you can be heard by everyone.

*Talk to each other, not just to me.

 Good discussion questions . . .

*do not have obvious or “right” answers.

*go beyond the text and make participants in the discussion connect to the text, predict what will happen next, and/or evaluate characters and events.

*are general, not specific.  Questions with specific answers do not create discussion.