ACADEMIC CONVERSATION QUESTION AND INTERACTION Presented by Glorious
ACADEMIC CONVERSATION, QUESTION, AND INTERACTION Presented by: Glorious Bates November 24, 2014
RATIONALE • Learn strategies and planning practices to get the most out of students through questioning
When questioning students or asking students to participate in academic conversations, what issues present themselves?
PARTICIPATION PROTOCOL VIDEO • How does using this structure affect students’ discussions? • Why does Ms. Nguyen (wen) scribe what students say? • How does Ms. Nguyen track student participation?
PLAN TIPS • DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT STUDENTS TO LEARN AND DO, AS IT RELATES TO ACADEMIC CONVERSATON ABOUT A CONCEPT • PAIR ELLS, LEP, FORMER LEP STUDENTS (ALL LEVELS) WITH A STRONG PEER TO SERVE AS A LANGUAGE MODEL (I. E. J. G. ) • SUPPORT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDE SENTENCE STEMS, FRAMES, WORD BANKS AND MODEL USE FOR/WITH STUDENTS WHEN APPLICABLE • PREPARE TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS SCAFFOLDED FOR ELLS (EX. MATH WORD PROBLEMS/INSTRUCTIONS, SCIENCE PASSAGES, SOCIAL STUDIES TEXT) • DEFINE UNFAMILIAR VOCABULARY WITHIN THE QUESTION
INSTRUCTION TIPS • PROVIDE WAIT TIME (3 -5 SECONDS; DO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS) • ACCEPT IMPERFECT LANGUAGE (WHEN SCRIBING, TEACHER CAN CORRECT) • DISPLAY STUDENT REPSONSES FOR THE CLASS AND POSITIVELY REINFORCE STUDENT’S EFFORTS P. A. D. YOUR INSTUCTION!
PARTICIPATION PROTOCOL Share and model the protocol with students before beginning academic discussion. Teachers can use total physical response (TPR) and chants to help students internalize the skills. Use a prompt to guide and elicit conversation.
Academic Conversation in Math Prompt Time to Gum Pieces Every 3 seconds Violet adds a piece of gum to her bubble. Time (sec) Pieces of Gum 3 1 6 2 9 3 4 Khan Academy Example Question(s) • When preparing for a bubbleblowing contest, (a contest in which a person tries to blow the biggest bubble), What can Violet predict by using the information in the proportion table? • How long would it take for violet to have a bubble with 4 pieces of gum? How do you know?
SCAFFOLDS SENTENCE STEMS SENTENCE FRAMES • If Violet uses the proportion, she can predict … • Violet can predict that she would need… • It would take Violet __ seconds to add __ pieces of gum. • I know it would take Violet __ seconds because______. Word/Phrase Bank Proportion ratio equal table how many how much
After implementing, you will be able to P. A. C your lesson: • Provide questioning that creates opportunities for students to hear and produce academic language in authentic contexts • Allow students to learn and internalize content through redundancy of ideas and their related vocabulary • Create accountability and reward for student conversations
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