Domain
Reading, Writing & Discussion
Writing is thinking made visible; talk is thinking rehearsed. Every subject is a literacy subject the moment students must explain themselves.
The problems
- “Written answers are two lines of mush”write-ups coming
- “They freeze at a blank page”1 technique
- “Whole-class reading is painful”write-ups coming
- “Their vocabulary caps their thinking”1 technique
- “Group discussion drifts off task in seconds”write-ups coming
The techniques
Say It Again, BetterPromising researchWhen the idea is right but the wording is loose, ask again in subject language.Also on this shelf, write-ups coming: Everybody Writes · Silent Start Writing · One Great Sentence · Sentence Stems · Bounce the Reading · Discussion Ground Rules.