Assignment: Book Club Talk Practice (Small Talk) 1/30/24

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-B (H) 2nd TRI 2023-2024
2024-01-23T21:29:03Z

Due:

Common Core State Standard: Students will participate effectively in collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Language Learning Objective: I can engage in small talk with my book club team. I can share my ideas, listen to my partners' ideas, and comment and/or question in our conversation.

We will practice our book club discussion format with small talk within our book club teams.

You will be given several prompts to discuss with your group. Please see the "Accountable Talk Phrases" below (also posted on the Promethean Board).

We will honor our team contracts and discussion norms during our discussions.

Practice Prompts:

What is the best television show?

What is the best product ever invented?

Winter snow will fall in a flavor. What flavor should it be?

What is the best holiday of the year?

What is the best book ever published?

Who is the most famous person in the world?

Which sport is the best sport to watch?

What is the best song ever written?

Which animal makes the best pet?

What is the best movie of all time?

Accountable Talk Phrases:

I wondered about…

I agree with __________ because…

I have another opinion…

Could you elaborate?

I have something to add to what _______ said…

Let me see if I understand. Are you saying that …?

What do you mean when you say ________?

In my opinion…

Can you prove that…

I think [the author] is trying to say…

I have a question for _________ about…

I noticed that…

I disagree with _________ because…

Another example of that is…

In the [text] it says _________ this tells me…

Common Core State Standard: Students will participate effectively in collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Language Learning Objective: I can engage in small talk with my book club team. I can share my ideas, listen to my partners' ideas, and comment and/or question in our conversation.

We will practice our book club discussion format with small talk within our book club teams.

You will be given several prompts to discuss with your group. Please see the "Accountable Talk Phrases" below (also posted on the Promethean Board).

We will honor our team contracts and discussion norms during our discussions.

Practice Prompts:

What is the best television show?

What is the best product ever invented?

Winter snow will fall in a flavor. What flavor should it be?

What is the best holiday of the year?

What is the best book ever published?

Who is the most famous person in the world?

Which sport is the best sport to watch?

What is the best song ever written?

Which animal makes the best pet?

What is the best movie of all time?

Accountable Talk Phrases:

I wondered about…

I agree with __________ because…

I have another opinion…

Could you elaborate?

I have something to add to what _______ said…

Let me see if I understand. Are you saying that …?

What do you mean when you say ________?

In my opinion…

Can you prove that…

I think [the author] is trying to say…

I have a question for _________ about…

I noticed that…

I disagree with _________ because…

Another example of that is…

In the [text] it says _________ this tells me…