Susan's+Debriefing+Session

Non-threatening--ways for quieter students to share/get ideas without fear Diversity of topic brainstormed Save the teacher from having the burden of helping a student come up with a good topic Gallery walk: physical movement for students with special needs Models good questioning Extend into math and other content areas Group based on topic, but require students to take a different perspective/angle Framing group work to increase accountability Good modeling of papers--did it as a group first before we had to do it ourselves Options: questions and suggestions inspires curiosity

Suggestions: make sure that there's a section devoted to suggestions Include individual articulation of "what is a research paper?" Confusion about research paper/persuasive argument Application in other content areas Signal when you move from one poster to another--but also good to have things a little looser, so adapt for the needs of your class Maybe large group process with one or two posters towards the end (the categorization part) Use 11" x 17" paper and pass around (if no room for all the sheets) or put on wiki Divide into two groups/two days Divide into two types of activities: questions and ideas Post-Its--day long activity when students think of something, add it Topic Bank (a la Kelly Gallagher), create master list