- Students are encouraged to offer their unique perspectives,
share interpretations, and raise questions in classrooms that
support discussions. - Discussion provides students with
opportunities to explore the layers of possibility individuals
bring to each reading, including unique experiences in their
lives and differing perspectives based on the books they have
read. - Classrooms that support students' developing
understandings provide a safe learning community where students
feel free to share their range of ideas. They feel respected and
learn to respect and trust others in the community. - Writing is
an important rehearsal for fruitful classroom - Students are
treated as life-long learners in classrooms that support
discussion. - Teachers can encourage discussion by: - Providing
engaging texts, such as literature that features adolescents and
their dilemmas. - Asking questions that help students tap prior
knowledge and life experiences. - Choosing a compelling passage
and reading it aloud. - Being a goo