Thanks to Fran for generating these questions for our discussion that will happen on Thursday night.
Happy reading!
Principal 1: Learning a Second Language
Some practical tips to incorporate learning English in your class?
Principal 2: Two Kinds of Communication
The beach novel versus college textbook…what’s Pransky’s point?
Principal 3: Problem-solving Strategies
How do mothers teach this skill and self-talk to children?
Principal 4: Playing Favorites: Language and dialect of power
The ant and the grasshopper…what are the differences? Strange nuances of questions?
Principal 5: Memory and Language: students float downstream or they fight the current
Categories: concrete or implied meanings?
Principal 6: In Other Words
What is the vocabulary gap? What words to teach? Top Twelve (pg 67)?
