Taking Public Notes to Scaffold

I’m a big believer in taking public notes of classroom discussions and work. Public notes not only reinforces for students that it’s their ideas and words and connections that are worth recording and remembering, not mine.

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Why Conflict (in Sarah Speak)

Why Conflict (in Sarah Speak)

Most of my students intrinsically understand conflict; after all, it's an essential reality in all of our lives. But they don't always remember how to think about it's function in literature. After a series of conversations with some of my students, I made this video...

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The Two-Cents Discussion

The Two-Cents Discussion

I call it the “Two Cents Worth” discussion and I really like to use it when I need to encourage everyone to use their voices. The concept is pretty easy: we put our chairs in a circle, a basket in the middle of it and everyone gets two pennies. When they contribute to...

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