Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Accountable Talk Writing
I am currently working on accountable talk in my classroom and I was wondering if anyone knew any good writing assignments to spur conversation or to wrap up good dialogue. I was also wondering if other people could post their accountable talk procedures and rules so we could all benefit from them!
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I came across link this some time ago from a Brown University Philosophy of Education class. While not particularly focused on writing, it's still pretty interesting. I've linked to the "accountable talk" hyperlink, but the rest of the lesson all relates to the idea as well. Check it out!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.brown.edu/Students/MAT/2005/kbacuyag/SummerBackUp/St3-AcctTalk.htm
Related thought: while we think of ourselves as teachers of reading and writing, we are also teachers of how to talk about reading and writing. This discursive practice is how I like to define accountable talk, at least to myself
Accountable Talk:
ReplyDeleteI have acronyms for everything in my classroom. Our acronym for Accountable Talk is SLURS. (Ironic, yes, because slurs are what we hope to avoid by having accountable talk procedures...)
SLURS means:
Share your thoughts and ideas.
Listen to others.
Use academic language.
Respect others--always.
Support your ideas with evidence.
I introduced these at the beginning of the year, and I always refer to the protocalls before we begin discussion. When coaching my students into using accountable talk during class, I also tend to quote the SLURS model, which is also written on a poster in teh room.