From (2011) Academic Conversations.
Stenhouse
Prompt starters:
Can you elaborate on?
What does that mean?
What do you mean by....?
Can you clarify the part about?
Tell me more about
How is that important? How does it
support your point that
I understand the part about, but I
want to know
Can you be more specific?
Prompt starters:
Is that clear?
Can I hear what you heard?
Does that make sense?
Do you know what I mean?
What do you think?
Im not sure of all that I said.
Ideas for generating conversation topics/prompts:
Persuade/decide , Apply,
Bias Causes/Effects
Describe thru analogy
Academic Conversation Placemat
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Response starters: Prompt starters:
I think it means - Can you give an example from the text? Response starters:
In other words, - What is a real world example? For example,
More specifically, it is - Can you think of examples from other texts? In the text it said that
- How does the example support the theme? Remember in the other story we
because - Why is this theme important for people back read that
Lets see, an analogy might be then, today, and future?
It is important because An example from my life is
- How can this them apply to your life (past,
One case that illustrates this is
present, future)?
Key question,
idea, theme, topic
Prompt starters: Response starters:
Response starters: How can we add to this idea I would add that
Let me see if I heard of Building on your idea
you right What other ideas or that, I think
To paraphrase what you examples relate to this That idea connects to
just said, you idea? I see it a different way, On
In other words, you are How can we use this idea? the other hand,
saying that Do you agree? Lets stay focused on the
What I understood What contradicts this? What idea of. Lets get
Prompt starters: Response starters: are other points of view? back to the idea of
was
How can we summarize We can say that That makes me think of
It sounds like you think
what we discussed? It boils down to That reminds me of
that
What have we discussed? We can agree Im hearing that
Im hearing that
How can we bring these that Ideas for generating conversation topics/prompts:
Right or Wrong? ideas together? Even though some Take Perspectives, Interpret themes
Compare What is the main point might think Evaluate/critique Solve problem
Hypothesize we want to that, we Synthesize, Create/design
communicate after conclude that
discussing this?
What is our conclusion?