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* How easily will the children be able to answer the questions? | * How easily will the children be able to answer the questions? | ||
* Will the microphone get stuck because a child cannot answer? | * Will the microphone get stuck because a child cannot answer? | ||
* How do you know that the questions are | * How do you know that the questions are at the right level? | ||
* Will this activity be fun? {{lfl|2}} | |||
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* Consider that when this activity is done in the classroom with pupils, themes should be chosen from the curriculum. | * Consider that when this activity is done in the classroom with pupils, themes should be chosen from the curriculum. | ||
* Also consider that the seating arrangement can be modified according to teachers’ classrooms such that pupils see each other. Pupils can leave their tables and just move their chairs (or sit outside if the grounds are suitable). | * Also consider that the seating arrangement can be modified according to teachers’ classrooms such that pupils see each other. Pupils can leave their tables and just move their chairs (or sit outside if the grounds are suitable). | ||
As you are planning this activity, ask youself the following questions: | |||
* Do your students find it easy to talk? | |||
* How can you encourage students to talk? | |||
* Are some students likely to laugh at other students contributions? How can you create safe environments that enable students to take risks?{{lfl|2.4}} | |||
= Activity: Whole class discussion = | = Activity: Whole class discussion = | ||
{{activity| | {{activity|Video|10}} Video clips Eness vertebrates 10 ("Is a boy a mammal?") and 11 ("Is a whale a fish or a mammal?"); lively class discussion about classifying these animals, deliberately chosen to create controversy and to challenge the pupils''' | ||
{{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 10.mp4 }} | {{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 10.mp4 }} | ||
{{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 11.mp4 }} | {{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 11.mp4 }} | ||
{{activity|whole group discussion}} | {{activity|whole group discussion|10}} | ||
* Was there a supportive environment for pupil participation and dialogue in this lesson? If so, how did the teacher achieve this? | * Was there a supportive environment for pupil participation and dialogue in this lesson?{{lfl|2}} If so, how did the teacher achieve this? | ||
* How did she help students to work out whether the boy and the whale were mammals? Did this discussion move their thinking forward? | * How did she help students to work out whether the boy and the whale were mammals? Did this discussion move their thinking forward? | ||
* What did you think about teacher control and pupil learning in these video clips? | * What did you think about teacher control and pupil learning in these video clips? | ||
