In this micro-course, you will:


  • articulate a vision for what you want academic discussions about texts to look like in your classroom
  • identify ways academic discussions support text comprehension
  • co-create discussion ground rules with your students
  • Students will participate in a short discussion about a text


Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started

    • Welcome!

    • Course Objectives

    • Course Overview

    • Let's Connect

    • Earn A Certificate

    • Get Feedback!
  • 2

    How Might Academic Discussions Look?

    • Pre-Survey

    • Section Overview

    • A Fishbowl Discussion

    • Middle School Students Discuss Poetry

    • Challenge #1

    • Get The Notes!
  • 3

    How Can Academic Discussions Support Text Comprehension?

    • Section Overview

    • Ways Academic Discussions Can Support Text Comprehension

    • Students' Experiences with Discussion

    • Challenge #2
  • 4

    Getting Started with Discussion

    • Section Overview

    • Creating Ground Rules

    • Creating Ground Rules: The Lesson

    • Ground Rules In Practice: How One Teacher Made It Happen

    • Learning About Discussion

    • Challenge #3: Make Ground Rules

    • Get The Notes!
  • 5

    Having a Discussion

    • Section Overview

    • How to Have The First Discussion

    • Revisiting the Ground Rules

    • Challenge #4: Discussing Discussion
  • 6

    Wrapping Up

    • Post Survey

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