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1 How to Get Students Discussing Books—and Much More Barry Gilmore Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis, TN

2 Warm-up: Make a List Books in which a younger character knows more (or thinks he or she knows more) than older characters

3 Our List: Youth vs. Maturity

4 Friendships Lovers Villains and heroes Orphans and adopted children Stories that include a journey Strong girls Outsiders Books narrated in first person

5 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Speaking Volumes: Discussion Methods Lines Circles Big Paper Technology

6 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

7 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

8 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Students take the survey Class lines up from 10-50 Discuss: What do the extremes represent? Which individual items were easiest/hardest to answer? What does this survey tell us about the class? About ourselves individually?

9 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Shorten the point range Read one statement at a time

10 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion The giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk” gets what he deserves. Agree Not sure Don’t Agree 1 2 3 If I were Lucy, I wouldn’t forgive Edmund so quickly. Agree Not sure Don’t Agree 1 2 3

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14 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

15 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Sample statement: Romeo is never truly in love with Juliet, but only with the idea of being in love. Students choose a side—agree/disagree Undecideds may stay in middle, but can’t speak Discuss by calling on alternating sides At the end, make those in the middle choose

16 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

17 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

18 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

19 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Sample statements: ~Harry Potter is too selfish. Anyone can tap in after a participant has spoken once (and finished speaking) Only those in the middle may speak No one may re-enter the circle within 2 mins. Change statement as necessary

20 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

21 Our List: Youth vs. Maturity

22 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

23 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Character is right Character succeeds Character is wrong Character succeeds Character is right Character fails Character is wrong Character fails

24 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Truly in love Get what they deserve Truly in love Don’t get what they deserve Not truly in love Get what they deserve Not truly in love Don’t get what they deserve

25 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Character is good Gets what he deserves Character is good Doesn’t get what he deserves Character is bad Gets what he deserves Character is bad Doesn’t get what he deserves

26 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

27 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Brainstorming Two: Utopian/Dystopian Stories

28 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

29 My perfect society would be… The worst thing about the society in the story is… Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum

30 My perfect society would be… The worst thing about the society in the story is… Create your own utopia State of the school/country/world Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

31 My perfect society would be… The worst thing about the society in the story is… Create your own utopia State of the school/country/world Strengths and weaknesses of characters Aspects that are like/unlike our society Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

32 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

33 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion  My model using Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things:  Both schools/classes read the novel  Teachers post 15 AP-style essay prompts on forum  Students log on and post at least 6 times (time limit: one week)  Teachers assign completion grade for completing postings  Students have a few days to read through all postings  Teachers choose 3-4 of the prompts and give them on the same day as a timed AP essay (students choose 1 prompt from list of 3-4)  Students have the option of getting back online to discuss the essays they wrote, etc.

34 RepliesAuthorLast Post Travel16GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Water Imagery8GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Parents and Siblings4GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Politics21GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Language and Style17GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Humor19GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 The Symbolism of Names26GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Alienated Characters23Gilmore Guest, April 7, 2005 Belief Systems9GilmoreGuest, April 7, 2005 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

35 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion

36 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion 1.Groups – choose a topic Safe and unsafe places Reactions of townspeople Characters who change their minds Important words Imitation 2. List of quotations 3. The Electronic Conversation

37 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Allison: but, the time was not come yet; and every time that wind blew over france shook the rags of the scarecrows in vein, for the birds fine of song and feather, took no worning. book 1, ch 5 Jenny: ok…what does that mean? Caitlin: the scarecrows are the aristocracy Lucy: once again the birds are dirty Caitlin: i think Jenny: wait a seec Lucy: no,no,the wind is the scary mean people and the scarccrow are the porr people fighting the revolution Allison: yeah lucy that’s what I was sayin Lucy: and rthe poor are scarred away until the revolution comes Jenny: I think that there were so many times the thwe revolution could have occurred that (wind in vien) that when it actually cam the rich had no idea it was coming

38 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion 1.Groups – choose a topic 2. List of quotations/scenes 3. The Electronic Conversation 4. My response 5. Group Summary

39 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Although the barbaric human is often mentioned, we feel that the most important thematic issue within animal imagery is how the poor people are referred to as dogs and pigs. But social class differences are also illustrated symbolically by other images, such as the description of the ragged scarecrows (symbolizing the poor), while birds symbolize the upper class.

40 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion 1.Groups – choose a topic 2. List of quotations 3. The Electronic Conversation 4. My response 5. Group Summary 6. Formal Writing (Individual)

41 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion In addition to the obvious use of imagery as a way of categorizing social groups, Dickens uses such symbolic language to foreshadow the coming revolution. In portraying the broken wine cask early in the book, he offers a general statement of “warning” for the reader that is wholly missed by the aristocracy, who, like “birds fine of song and feather,” go about their usual business heedless of the coming turmoil.

42 Lines Surveys Get off the Fence Grid Circles Fishbowl Brainstorm Big Paper Wall Posters Silent Discussion Combining Voices Technology Online Forum Electronic Discussion Speaking Volumes Barry Gilmore www.barrygilmore.com bgilmore@lausanneschool.com www.barrygilmore.com bgilmore@lausanneschool.com

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