Small Group | Discussion Roles | Charts

PREMIUM RESOURCE | The Bundle of question starters help students to think and act critically about information. By using differing endings for who, what, when, where, why and how, creates literal questions (present and past), inferential questions (possibility and probability) and extended question (prediction and imagination) about the information. The resource includes the three levels of thinking, while asking questions across the areas of event, situation, choice, person, reason, and means. This is an invaluable resource for critical thinking through all learning areas of the curriculum.

PREMUIN RESOURCE | Oral Narrative Interviews aim is to engage students to question a chosen familiar story character thus helping them to develop an inferential comprehension of the story. The resource includes a Character Interview Explanation, three character interview activities, learning goal, success criteria and a management chart and cards. This first rate oral resource links with narrative reading and writing.

SMART RESOURCE | The social convention charts present the learning goal and the success criteria for a polite speaker and an active listener. A first rate resource for student self – assessment.

SMART RESOURCE | Discussion cards for partner or group conversation. The prompt cards have questions or statements which focus on self-esteem, describing, explaining, swapping stories and jokes plus using your imagination. Also included is a set of blank cards for writing further discussion ideas. These could be written in collaboration with the class.