2. What are the characteristics of a conversation?
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1. Be Respectful
Appreciate others’ thinking. Encourage others to participate in the conversation.
Take the conversation seriously. Disagree politely.
2. Be Prepared
Focus on the topic, activate background knowledge, and make connections. Prepare for conversations about shared reading by generating questions, making notes, and marking passages. Participate and contribute to the conversation.
3. Be An Active Listener
Look at the person speaking. Ask questions based upon what others have said. Build upon and add to what others have to say.
4. Be Clear
Speak clearly so that others understand. Speak in complete sentences. Express thoughts precisely and with details. Support thinking with evidence.
5. Inquire and Probe
Ask multiple, open-ended questions. Investigate, examine, scrutinize, and analyze others’ thoughts and ideas.
6. Show Comprehension
Exercise cognitive processes, meta-cognition, and comprehension through the elements of literature in order to demonstrate understanding.