Rich discussions have been an integral focus of my inquiry. At the beginning of the year Jannie worked with my class in making connections and building on in conversation about texts and social conversations.
Recently I took a stocktake of a discussion my target group had about their current novel study. The whole group are currently reading Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. Throughout the discussion, I had to note down how many times individuals shared their ideas and also what the ideas were.
I noticed the students were inferring more from the text. Their confidence to locate information to support their ideas have definitely improved. Throughout the discussion, the students were able to build on their ideas collaboratively to unpack and deep dive into what they have read in the novel.
Private Peaceful is a novel which my target group are enjoying. It is a hard read for some of the students but during the discussions I have observed these students who are struggling with reading the novel are listening intently to the ideas being shared and also sharing what they understand from the novel.
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