Student+Discussion+Groups

** Student Discussion Forum ** =Model Steps for the 3R's=

1) **RESPONSE:** While reading, with sticky notes in hand, (or if you are lucky and can annotate in your book or on your passage with a comfy, cool, thoughtful pen) note passages, lines, words; notice your thinking about the big ideas (content); the author's style (craft); and places your find yourself wanting to know more (concerns). Work up these ideas from draft to final copy on a google doc and then copy and post these ideas as a new post on your google group. (see below for explicit detail and click here for [|Model RESPONSE mentor text 1.doc]mentor text 1 and  [|Model RESPONSE Mentor Text 2.doc]2 to emulate)

2) **REPLY**: Read another student's RESPONSE and REPLY to their thoughts with ideas about...including your personal connections, questions and comments that you have for the student, and ways your can extend the ideas conversation in the response. Work up these ideas from draft to final copy on a google doc and then copy and post these ideas as a reply the author's google group response post (see below for explicit detail and click here for post to emulate) [|Reply Mentor Text]

3) **REFLECT:** Come back to your original response and read your classmates' REPLY messages. As a courtesy, informally acknowledge each reply to your response post. Reflect on what your colleague has said in their reply including: My post generated discussion about...In my readings of my peer's post, I learned...I was able to extend the discussion by... (see below for explicit detail and click here for model REFLECTION POST post to emulate)

=The 3R's of Responding=
 * YOUR RESPONSE || REPLIES TO OTHERS || YOUR REFLECTIONS ||
 * **After reading your book or article, create your own RESPONSE post in your google group, including content, craft, and concerns**

**CONTENT** -a fact, character, event or key points from your reading that stands out *Use good adjectives to describe what stands out to you...STARTLING, SIGNIFICANT, INTRIGUING...etc. *Select a line from your text to support/ prove your ideas and quote it *Explain why you think it is important

**CRAFT** - vocabulary, brushstrokes, style, voice, or sentences you found interesting *Use adjectives to show what you noticed about the author's style...REMARKABLE, GENUINE, ENTHRALLING *Select a line or phrase from your text that shows the author's style and "quote it" *Explain what type of craft this shows how this craft improved the writing and your understanding

**CONCERNS**- questions, concerns, or other information you needed to help your understanding and thinking while reading *Describe a part that left you wondering or wanting to know more *Use good adjectives...PERPLEXING, BAFFLING, OR INTERESTING *Select the line or phrase, clarify your wondering, what you want to know, and tell why you want to know using our taxonomy of questioning thinking strategy || **Read one of your peer's RESPONSE**
 * and REPLY to their thinking with connections, discussion, and extensions that push their thoughts**


 * CONNECTIONS:**
 * Explain the connections you have to the text, identifying the type of connection (T-T, T-S, T-W)


 * Describe how your connection helps you understand the readers points and thinking


 * DISCUSSION:**
 * Pose questions or comments you have for the studentwho authored the post
 * Consider differing opinions, support, and explanation


 * EXTENSION**:
 * Offer the author and other readers opportunities for others to expand or push their thinking


 * Share specific resources/experiences/weblinks, so readers can continue to grow in their learning || **Read the replies your peers made to your post, then reflect on your learning throughout the whole process - RESPONSE and REPLY...now reflect.**

Use these **sentence starters** to begin your REFLECTION


 * My post generated discussion about....


 * In my readings of other posts, I learned...

= When you respond, reply and prepare your reflection, be sure to be thorough with your posts and have included = = specific examples to really show all of your thinking and that you understand about the topic or question. =
 * I was able to extend the discussions by... ||


 * RESPONSE Rubric**

4-Point Discussion Post:

 * Thoroughly addresses the question/prompt
 * Uses complete, complex and compound sentence variety
 * Provides examples that demonstrate thinking and deep understanding of the topic
 * Correctly applies proper grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation


 * REPLY Rubric **
 * 4-Point Discussion Post: **


 * CONNECTIONS:**
 * Explains the thinking and connections you have to the text, identifying the type of connection (T-T, T-S, T-W)
 * Explicitly describe how your thinking and connection helps you understand the readers points and thinking
 * DISCUSSION:**
 * Poses questions or comments you have for the student who authored the post elaborating on their thinking about content, craft or inquiry questions
 * EXTENSION**:
 * Offer the author and other readers opportunities for others to expand or push their thinking by sharing specific resources/experiences/weblinks, so readers and writers can continue to grow in their thinking and overall learning


 * REFLECTION Rubric**
 * 4-Point Discussion Post: **
 * Thoroughly describes how your response post generated discussion and deeper thinking
 * Synthesizes your thinking and what you have learned from reading my colleagues' response posts
 * Explains how you were able to extend the discussion with your colleague pushing you both to grow as readers and writers