Student Talk
Discourse Scaffolds and Sentence Stems
- Student A/B Partner Protocol for Critical Thinking
- Academic Language Function Toolkit
- Scaffolds to Support English Language Learners in Writing and Discussion
- Discussion Cards
- Constructive Conversation Skills Poster (Building an idea: Create, Negotiate, Fortify, Clarify)
- Clarify, Support, and Evaluate and Compare Sentence Starters
- Langauge Frames for Assessing
Clock Appointments
- Clock Appointment Directions
- Clock Appointments Template 1 (4 different partners)
- Variation: Compass Buddies (4 different partners)
- Variations: Clock (12 partners), Speed dial (9 partners), Quadrate Partners (4 partners), geometry shape (7 partners), microscope (9 partners), map.
- Clock Appointment Summarizing Ideas
Think-Write-Pair-Share
Lines of Communication

Four Corners:
Discussion Diamond
Gallery Walk:
- Four Discussion Types with Charts that Can support Student Discourse (Elicitation, Data, Explanation, Consolidation)
- Structured Talk Resource (many examples)