ROLE

Discussion Leader

ROLE

Discussion Leader

Heres your role! In this role, you help your

Heres your role! In this role, you help your

Lead The Team. Follow these steps to have a

Lead The Team. Follow these steps to have a

group discuss the stories or informational texts you

have read. You help your team answer the Key
Question.
good discussion.

group discuss the stories or informational texts you

have read. You help your team answer the Key
Question.
good discussion.

1. Read the Key Question at the top of the

Student Response Sheet aloud.

1. Read the Key Question at the top of the

Student Response Sheet aloud.

2. Ask each team member to retell the story or

2. Ask each team member to retell the story or

3. Then ask the team member to read his/her

3. Then ask the team member to read his/her

4. Talk about all the passages. Ask the team the

4. Talk about all the passages. Ask the team the

5. Be sure the team members complete the

5. Be sure the team members complete the

6. Together, decide how to answer the Key

6. Together, decide how to answer the Key

summarize the main ideas of his/her passage.

Ask each team member to explain how he/she
completed the graphic organizer on page 1 of
the Student Response Sheet.
answer to the Key Question. Ask the team
member to point to evidence in the passage
to support the answer.
questions on the Student Response Sheet.

graphic organizer on page 2 using information

from all the passages.
Question so it applies to each and every
passage team members read.

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summarize the main ideas of his/her passage.

Ask each team member to explain how he/she
completed the graphic organizer on page 1 of
the Student Response Sheet.
answer to the Key Question. Ask the team
member to point to evidence in the passage
to support the answer.
questions on the Student Response Sheet.

graphic organizer on page 2 using information

from all the passages.
Question so it applies to each and every
passage team members read.

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Heres your role! In this role, you listen to

Heres your role! In this role, you listen to

Do Your Job. Follow these steps to do your job

Do Your Job. Follow these steps to do your job

1. Make sure you have page 2 of the Student

Response Sheet.

1. Make sure you have page 2 of the Student

Response Sheet.

2. Listen to your team members as they discuss

their passages. Listen as they read how they
answered the Key Question.

2. Listen to your team members as they discuss

their passages. Listen as they read how they
answered the Key Question.

3. Write down the answer to the Key Question

3. Write down the answer to the Key Question

4. Share the teams answer with other teams.

4. Share the teams answer with other teams.

what your team members say and record your

teams answer to the Key Question.

as recorder.

your team decides on. Read it back to the

team to make sure it says what they want it
to say.

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what your team members say and record your

teams answer to the Key Question.

as recorder.

your team decides on. Read it back to the

team to make sure it says what they want it
to say.

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