Constructive Conversations

START SMART LESSONS

CREATE

DAY 3

Part1: Interacting in Meaningful WaysA1: Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topicsB5: Listening actively to spoken English in a range of social and academic contexts

Part II. How English works7.6: Combine clauses to make connections between and join ideas (This connects to the ‘Create’ Phrase “ I connect to ___ because ____)

CA ELD STANDARDS

Students will interpret a text by combining clauses to make

connections to join ideas, using CREATE

phrases by explaining their ideas to a partner

and writing notes.

ELD OBJECTIVE

THINKING JOURNAL

KEY VOCABULARY WORDS AND PHRASES

CreateConversation NormsThink TimeLanguage of the skillConversation voiceListen respectfullyTake turnsBuild on each other’s ideas

Debrief: The discussion after an activity to discuss the outcomes

Consensus: The agreement of the group

Substantiate: Provide evidence to support the truth

Rationale: The reason behind a choice

Effectively: Done in a way that achieves the desired result

Sufficiently: Done just enough to achieve the desired result

Depth: detailed study or knowledge

CONVERSATION NORMS

Strategy Choral Reading Lets read this together

PROMPT: What do you notice in the visual text?

LET’S IMPROVE THE CONVERSATION:

Teacher: Read the non-model as students think about how it fits into the language of the skill CREATE

WHY HAS THIS BEEN THE NON-MODEL?

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS NON-MODEL TO FIT THE LANGUAGE OF

THE SKILL CREATE?

READ THE R

EVISED

CONVERSATION.

WIT

H YOUR PARTNER

Read the language sampleOrally revise the language sample to improve the

conversationUse the Response and Prompt starters for Create

Write the Revision in your thinking journalBe prepared to share out to the class

LET’S REVISE OUR LANGUAGE SAMPLE TAKEN ON DAY 1!

When we CREATE, we say what we think, what we see, or notice about something. We also communicate ideas as we learn from each other.

REMEMBER: CREATE

This helps us monitor

and improve

our academic language.

REMEMBER:

LISTENING TASK FOR CREATE

Complete and turn it in before

the bell rings

LESSON 1-3 REPORT