Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.22.14 Putting the ‘Great’ in Gatsby: Beth Verrilli’s Disciplined Discussion

Screening video this week, I was reminded of some posts from earlier this year on keeping discussions “disciplined”… that is, “inside the box” and on-topic. They’re, here  here and here in case you missed them, but the idea is that true discussion happens when a group identifies key topics and develops them rigorously and at some…