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English · Grade 7

Discussion, Presentation and Publication

Learners follow a student team proposing a rain garden for their school, from discussion to presentation to an online article. They ask questions that draw out elaboration and steer a discussion back on topic, revise their views when new evidence warrants it, present the most important points with multimedia that clarifies, and publish digitally with descriptive links, citations, alt text and properly permitted images.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 minutes
  • Discussion, presentation and publishing check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond in ways that bring a discussion back on topic.
  • Acknowledge new information from others and modify one's own view when the evidence warrants, explaining why.
  • Present findings coherently by emphasizing salient points, using multimedia that clarifies and emphasizes them.
  • Publish writing digitally with descriptive links, citations, alt text and images used with permission, and collaborate respectfully online.

Lessons

  1. Questions that move a discussion 6 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Changing your mind for good reasons 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  3. Salient points and multimedia 6 steps3 practiceabout 27 min
  4. Publish responsibly online 6 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Discussion, presentation and publishing check 9 questions at the end

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