Focus: Harry Potter-related ideas
Conversation prompts are a great way to reduce teacher-talk in the classroom. Janie Patroni from St Leonard’s Road School in Auckland has conversation starter stems attached to the side of her whiteboard easel. Janie directs students to a particular prompt during discussions by saying 'Pink bubble' or 'Purple bubble'.
Refer to PM14 of The Oral Language Book for examples of conversation prompts.
Focus: Harry Potter-related ideas
Includes: a note-taking poster
Focus: explicitly teaching students note-taking skills
Focus: using a TED-Ed clip to support students to generate ideas for writing, using a range of text types
