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Language Circle

This document provides guidance for discussing a chapter figure and gaining knowledge from it. Students are instructed to analyze the figure, ask discussion questions, and reflect on what they learned. They are given sentence frames and tips for respectful conversation before participating in a discussion circle about the figure and vocabulary.

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Language Circle

This document provides guidance for discussing a chapter figure and gaining knowledge from it. Students are instructed to analyze the figure, ask discussion questions, and reflect on what they learned. They are given sentence frames and tips for respectful conversation before participating in a discussion circle about the figure and vocabulary.

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CHAPTER 4 DISCUSSION GUIDE

Figure ________

Describe and Infer Knowledge Acquisition Analyze and Discuss


1. What is happening in 1. What knowledge have 1. List 3 discussion
the figure? you gained from questions based on
2. What questions might reading the captions concepts from your
you like answered? and related figure. *** Ask one
vocabulary? question related to
place.

Column 3 discussion questions should be based on Level 2 and Level 3 Questions:

Level 2: Analyzing, Comparing, Contrasting, Grouping, Inferring, Sequencing, or Synthesizing


Example Question Frames: What would happen if? How is _____ related to ______? Why do
you think? Can you predict the outcome if? How would you improve? What is the motive in _______?

Level 3: Applying a principle, Evaluating, Hypothesizing, Imagining, Judging, Predicting,or Speculating


Example Question Frames: Do you agree with? Can we assess the value or importance of
___? What would you recommend? What does ___ mean for the future? What would you recommend?

Discussion Circle Directions:


1. Be Respectful and Considerate
a. Keep the conversation about the Figures and related knowledge
b. Be mindful of your tone and words
c. Use academic language
2. Use Discussion Sentence Frames
a. During my analysis of figure ____, I thought ______________.
b. I agree with ______ because ______.
c. Name, I like what you said about _________________.
d. While I agree with ________________, I disagree with __________.
e. The vocab word _____ on this page is significant to the figure because
_______.
3. Stay Focused & Have Fun

Reflection:

From Figure ________, I learned __________________________________________


____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

From the discussion, I learned ___________________________________________


____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

Some places that influence my language are ___________________________,


____________________________________________________________________
because_____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

This activity was: (Circle One)

Great Good O.K. Poor Bad

Why?_______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.

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