Organize Your Thoughts Making a Better Conversation

Solving a Problem… Get into groups and solve a prompt given to you… Ask yourself: What is the problem? What is the answer? Why is that the best answer? Are there other answers?

What is the Question? What is the question asking? Where…? When…? Who…? Why…? How…? Give answers directly Make sure it answers the question Answer all parts of the question Does it have more than one answer? Think about what the question means

Pulling Apart a Question What are the causes for child suicide in Korea? Where does fine dust come from primarily? Why has the birthrate in Korea been so low, and how can the problem be solved?

Concept Map When you are looking for ideas for a question, you need to use a strategy. One strategy that works really well is a concept map. When you do concept maps, you can have a lot of content.

Example How can we protect people from discrimination? Steps: What is the question? What is discrimination? What kinds of discrimination happen in Korea? What are the solutions?

Organize a Response Every good response has a good structure: Introduction Body Conclusion When asked a big question, it is best to answer directly and then give examples

Introduction Brief opening statement Directly answer the question

Body Longest part Give examples Examples should be important And interesting

Conclusion Restate your answer Give some interesting remark

Structure Introduction Body Conclusion Answer the question directly Example Conclusion Restate the question

Example How can we stop climate change? Climate change is such a big issues that it affects all humans today. In fact, the best way to solve climate change is for all individuals to take action within their own lives. For example, people who drive to work can commute with friends to save fuel. Additionally, we can try to reduce the amount of plastic that we use. The plastic that we waste takes a long time to break down and, therefore, can be really damaging to our environment. Finally, we can petition our government to take more action in regard to companies. Individuals may not have the power to change companies, but people can persuade the government to. In these ways, it is possible for people to come together and change the world. Climate change can be reduced if we all work together in our everyday lives. Intro. Body Con.

What are the reasons for the low birthrate in Korea What are the reasons for the low birthrate in Korea? How can it be fixed? Answer the Question

Thinking Critically In groups, you will receive a situation or scenario or question: Consider what makes constitutes the topic Consider the different perspectives Is there a right or wrong answer? Fully illustrate and write out your response for a presentation to the class.

Answer this… Why are they asking this question?

What is the Problem?

What is the Problem?