A Thousand Splendid Suns

Discussions: Norms, rubrics, questions

(ATSS)

Next week? Monday- ATSS discussion (40 points)

Tuesday- ATSS baseline writing
Wednesday- assign textbooks and literary element
project (due 8/31 group presentations begin)
Give out lit terms packet

Thursday- project workday and conferences

Friday- project workday and conferences

Warm-up
With your team, discuss what makes
a good discussion in class. What does
it look like? Sound like? Feel like?
Be ready to share out 1 idea

Goals for the day?

I will be able to explain what a higher

order thinking question is.
I will be able to create higher order
thinking questions about A Thousand
Splendid Suns for our first class
discussion!

Create

With your table, create 2 discussion

questions on the provided notecard
1 high-level (comparison, synthesis,
analysis)
1 low-level (identify, recall, define)

Pass and edit

Pass your card clockwise to the next group
Review and discuss the two discussion
questions
Put a check next to it if it is indeed highlevel or low-level
We will pass it along until you get your
tables card back

DATE:

10-9

8-6

5-3

2-0

Participation

Speaks at least once

during the discussion
and adds multiple
thoughts and ideas.

Speaks at least once,

but only adds a few
words to the
discussion.

Sits silently, and

Mind is elsewhere.
respectfully listens to
their peers.

Involvement

Adds meaningful
insight, or develops
high level questions
(analysis/synthesis)

Many notes are taken May not speak during

during the discussion the discussion, but is
and adds some
taking notes.
meaningful insight or
asks a question (of
any level)

Mind is elsewhere for

this discussion.

Level of questioning

20-16
Utilizes high level
questioning (synthesis,
analysis, evaluation).
Evaluates their peers
thoughts.

15-11
Uses mid-level
questioning (analysis,
or recall). Expands on
a peers thought.

10-6
Low-level questioning
used. Mostly poses
recall questions.

5-0
RJ seems vacant, and
mind is elsewhere.
(Highlight questions
in RJ if you do not
pose them to the
class!)

Total points earned:

Homework for Monday

In RJ #2 ATSS Discussion (please underline

a title of a novel when handwriting it)
come prepared to class with 2 high-level
discussion questions! Write these below the
pasted in rubric you were given.