I am thinking about creating laminated cards of problem-posing questions for students to use during small group discussions. These could be used for a number of texts in our textbook and/or the class novels and book clubs. I thought a jigsaw activity might be a good way to analyze a text and the different perspectives within. Students would use the cards with problem-posing questions when looking at the same text - one group focuses on who is in the text, another looks at who is missing, etc. Then the groups jigsaw and combine information.
I'd have to work on the concept of being marginalized and maybe find different terminology although I don't like the idea of watering down vocabulary when I can teach the higher vocab.
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Having a set of cards for the kids to work with in small groups is a great idea. I'm all for giving them a tool to drive discussion without needing a teacher hovering over their shoulders the whole time.
Since vocabulary could be a potential issue, I'd want to train the kids for a bit before creating anything to be laminated. I'd want to see which ways of phrasing the questions seem to work best with seventh graders. Sometimes you need to have the discussion a few times before you land on the magical phrasing that works.
Yes, I agree that the cards would be a good tool. I was thinking of having them take down some notes about the problem posing questions (those seem like the most appropriate to use)and then using some of the books that the book suggested to scaffold them through the use of the problem posing questions.
The book suggested using other words/phrases for marginalized such as, "Which character does the author want you to love/feel sympathy for?" The others would be the marginalized or discounted voice, or even the voices presented negatively.
When I read this section, I also thought about having these questions readily available for students whenever they're reading. I was thinking of posting them in the room or having a handout that students keep in the binder. It would be great if the students helped create the handout--coming up with their own ways of asking questions to challenge the text and pairing a visual with each question.
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