1. Standards for Collaboration: Listening
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one- on-one, in groups, and teacher- led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL d Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented
Standards for Collaboration: Listening

2. You Will Need:
Notebook
Scratch paper
Pen or pencil

3. Hook: Story Time! Take out a sheet of notebook or scratch paper.
Pick a partner at your table – you have 30 seconds.
Decide who will be the story-teller, and who will be the listener.
Story-tellers: tell your listener about your day (yesterday)
Listener: listen while the story is told.

4. Reflect & Debrief:
Story-teller: Write down the cues you noticed your listener gave to show you they either were or were not listening to you.
Listener: Write down the main idea and significant events of the story you just heard.
Don’t share yet – do this individually and quietly.

5. What Makes Us Stop Listening??

6. Think about the following statements – do you agree, disagree, with one more than the other? Record your thoughts (5 minutes)
We all have an ethical or moral responsibility to society and each other to be good listeners.
Speakers have an ethical and moral responsibility to be conscientious or thoughtful of listeners.
Discuss: How many of you most strongly agree with 1? How many of you most strongly agree with 2? Both? Why?

7. Ted Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saXfavo1OQo
Reflect: 5 min.
Why is listening important to how we function in and as a society?
How can we improve our listening? What ideas did the speaker present? What ideas do you have to personally improve your listening? How will you apply this in future class discussions like our Socratic Seminar? In your life?