Unit Activity Unit: Introduction to High School Academics This activity will help you meet these educational goals: You will find and analyze the central idea of a work, including the use of quotes from the work to support your analysis. You will determine an author’s point of view and how their writing furthers their point of view in the work. You will organize and take part in a group discussion, including responding to the answers and point of view of the other participants. Introduction In this activity you will do a critical reading of an excerpt from a personal narrative by John Muir, “A Windstorm in the Forest.” You will then participate in a group discussion to share and construct knowledge collaboratively. You will be …show more content…
Discussions in those two cases are outlined below. Group-paced course The teacher organizes groups or enables students to self-organize. In the discussion session, students take turns presenting their thesis and then discussing each thesis with the group. One student (not the presenter) acts as a discussion facilitator. The discussion will be a round-robin, rotating the presenter and facilitator roles for each thesis. Plan to spend at least 15 minutes to present and discuss each thesis. Refer to the Discussion Summary below. You will want to take brief notes during the discussion so that you can easily complete the Discussion Summary afterwards. Self-paced course You will find at least two people to participate in this discussion with you. They could be classmates from other courses and friends but they can`t be siblings. They should be roughly your age, if possible, so you can have a thoughtful discussion with peers. You will set a time and place for the discussion and share the Discussion Guidelines for them to read prior to the discussion. You will be the only presenter for this discussion. You will also play the role of facilitator. You will present your thesis and then discuss it with your group. Your invited group members are only required to be active, thinking participants. Except for reading through the Discussion Guidelines ahead of time, they do not have to prepare for the discussion beforehand or do any
With a small group, discuss the following questions. Choose someone to read the question out loud, and direct the discussion so that each person can offer his/her opinion on the topic. Have another student record the group’s response and choose a third student to report the information gathered to the class in a discussion.
Remind students that they need to take notes during the seminar of important ideas shared. An addition responsibility of the outer circle is to notice what is going on in terms of discussion—does everyone participate? Do people seem to listen to each other? Ask clarifying questions?
Guidance, coaching or mentoring discussions where-upon everyone is involved in the discussion, also to split into groups and form mini groups within the core discussion. By encouraging open forums and encouraging listening skillsthis will
range of contexts, purposes and audiences use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly
Each student takes a few minutes to think through an appropriate response on his or her own and then pairs with another student to share their responses. After putting their ideas together, they create a collaborative response to share with the class.
This is important for those students are they can contribute when they are comfortable sharing personal experiences and beliefs and when they are comfortable to use the English language thus avoiding confrontation with the teacher. For students that have difficult behaviour the intention of using class discussion to provide a space where they can learn to empathise with other people in the classroom and engage with the discussion as an outlet for their need of attention. Class discussions are used widely because they can provide benefits on so many different levels for classroom management and for differentiation.
Tip for Beginning the Discussion: Of course, you can draw from your own experience or your homework for the week, but a good way to begin discussing this
Students will give each other constructive criticism, explaining what they could do better and what was good about it. (How do you think this group did? Why? What could they have improved on? What was good about their
Please respond to at least two (2) of your classmates’ discussion posts. In your response to your classmates, challenge their ideas and reasoning, asking open-ended questions, encouraging your classmates to further explain
(TCO 3, 8, 9) You have been asked by a committee of student success coaches to investigate why the rate at which freshman students post to their course threaded discussions is lower than the rate for other groups of students. Explain how the interactionist perspective would analyze and explain the low posting rate. (In other words, consider the contributing factors that the interactionist perspective would focus on in trying to explain the reasons for the low rate of students posting to their threads.) Then discuss a solution
Discuss how the feedback you received from your peers in the Module One discussion influenced your research process and how this helped you select relevant sources.
The purpose of the Discussion section is to place your findings in the research context and “to explain the meaning of the findings and why they are important, without appearing arrogant, condescending, or patronizing”. The structure of the first two moves is almost a mirror reflection of the one in
First, participants will engage in an online discussion over 2-3 months. This initial online discussion will yield a more refined focus and a selection of a broader team of interdisciplinary participants for the face-to-face workshop.
Answer the “Questions for Discussion” using the book, your knowledge and ideas and class material.
Two topics for discussion in chapters 4 and 5, the first is “Teenage Pregnancy” and the second is about “Different Methods in Education”. But you choose just ONE of the topics and try writing a composition based on the notes you have made. You get to choose the one that interests you most BUT remember a discussion composition is more than just a summary of the recording. You should discuss the topic you choose; include your own thoughts and views.