[MOSAIC] Comprehension in general

[Jan Kammert]

Hi Lori,
How do you (or others) suggest teaching conversation skills?  I have been
trying to teach my 8th graders about Socratic Circles.  (I bought the book
with the same name.)  So far it's slow going.
Jan


On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 ljackson at gwtc.net wrote:

> 
> I have been encoutnering some frustrations as well, particularly with older 
students.  I am not witnessing much that 
> encourages me in terms of discourse patterns at these levels.  The students 
seem overwhelmingly lethargic and reluctant to 
> engage.  It has convinced me we need to worry as much, if not more, about 
oral language and discourse patterns as we do 
> about anything else that we do.  Essentially, I wonder if our students have 
appropriate conversation skills to discuss what they 
> see or read, and if this is not the place where we should begin.
> 
> Lori
> 
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