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Speak Up! How can we encourage our students’
voices?English 10 and Advanced English 10
Guiding QuestionsHow can I quickly create a classroom environment conducive to discussions?
Why should my students participate in discussions?
Should all students have to discuss?
What else could be included discussion participation?
How can I encourage quiet students to speak up?
Discussions in English 10
Why I chose to use discussions with my English 10 classrooms
Night by Elie Wieselthoughtful serious contentlower reading level
observations of evaluations thus farthoughtful and critical contemplationsfound main themes in novel brought ideas that I had missed
struggling studentsquiet studentshigh-performing students
Creating Conducive Classrooms in English
10Student created rules
Example
Risk-free responsesExample
Preparationnote cards
Difficulties Encountered in English
10Period 1 – opinionated and aggressive paired with the painfully shy
Period 5 – new classroom with quiet students
Period 7 – outspoken and thoughtful, but often overpowered by a few students
Possible Solutions in English10
Each classroom personality is dynamic and unique and strengthening this relationship can alleviate difficulties
Speaking to students individually
Reiteration class rules
Take the pulse – surveys
Online discussions
If all else fails… bribe them with cookies and scratch and sniff stickers!
Conclusions from English 10
Those who typically have trouble with written communication excelled at verbal communication.
Requests to just have full group discussion
Those who excelled in written communication struggled, but were motivated by grades.
Those who were quiet struggled, but made great efforts to participate
volunteering to go firstinitiating a new topicrequesting to be able to take noteswritten reflections
Advanced English 10English 10 went great! Advanced should be fantastic! I’ll just gather some more data and pictures for my inquiry topic!
Advanced 10Startling realization that my Advanced kids don’t seem to want to talk in large group
What in the world do I do?
Mayday! Mayday!
Rethinking my Strategies
I gave out a poll to my studentsThe people demand small groups first
I readjusted my ratios
Ratio ReadjustmentIt worked!
Success!