1. Discussion Sentence Starters
Predictions
Questions
•I bet that…
•I wonder…
•The next thing that will happen is…
•Because _____ happened, _____ will happen.
•Why is…
•Who is…
•What does _____ mean?
•How does _____ fit with what happened before?
•Is this the same as _____ earlier in the book?
Clarifications
Comments
Connections
•This makes sense because…
•This must mean…
•What they’re saying here is…
•What they said before makes sense now because…
•I like the part where…
•I don’t understand…
•The best part so far is…
•The hard thing about this is…
•I think that…
•This reminds me of…
•This part is similar to…
•What’s different here is…
•This event makes me think of…