Chapter 8 Deck - Disciplinary Literacy Learning Environments

Question 1

What is accountable talk in ELA?

Answer 1

Talk that reflects careful reasoning where students verbalize thinking about literature, support claims with textual evidence, and build on others’ interpretations.

Question 2

Key elements of an effective ELA learning environment

Answer 2

Language-rich, conversation-rich, student-centered, collaborative, barrier-free, promotes disciplinary habits of mind and inquiry.

Question 3

How should ELA teachers facilitate academic discourse?

Answer 3

Model literary discussion techniques, provide discussion protocols, teach text-based evidence use, encourage perspective-taking, monitor participation patterns

Question 4

Why is collaborative inquiry important in ELA?

Answer 4

Deepens literary understanding, socializes intelligence, promotes evidence-based interpretations, engages students in rich forms of textual analysis

Question 5

Main characteristics of effective ELA classroom talk

Answer 5

Focus on textual evidence, building on others’ ideas, making connections across texts, questioning author’s choices, analyzing literary elements