Academic+Conversations

Resources


Vocabulary and phrases to indicate Transitions in Text "Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings" by Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford.

Oral Practice: Pro-Con (pages 95-97)

Handouts for use on classroom wall




 * [|Rationale for using Debate in classroom with focus on target Academic words] -- Evelyn Ford Connors
 * Classroom Oral Debate to rehearse Academic word usage.
 * Classroom Video of Student Debate
 * With transcript
 * This video is available on the Word Generation website.