List of Figures Index of Concepts Acknowledgements About the Authors About the Contributors The Language of Learning Part I: Setting the Scene Chapter 1: Preparing to Use the Lesson Ideas 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Learning Challenge 1.2 Learning Intentions 1.3 High-Quality Dialogue 1.4 Exploratory Talk 1.5 Underpinning Values Chapter 2: The Lesson Activities 2.0 Overview 2.1 Mysteries 2.2 Ranking 2.3 Sorting and Classifying With Venn Diagrams 2.4 Opinion Lines 2.5 Opinion Corners 2.6 Fortune Lines 2.7 Living Graphs 2.8 Concept Lines 2.9 Odd One Out 2.10 Concept Target 2.11 Concept Corners 2.12 Concept Map 2.13 Jigsaw Groups Part II: The Lesson Ideas Lesson 1: Who Was Responsible for the Death of William in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? Lesson 2: Do We Feel Sympathy for Scrooge in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol? Lesson 3: How Are Dreams Presented in Jane Eyre? Lesson 4: Does Heathcliff Become More or Less Monstrous Over the Course of the Novel Wuthering Heights? Lesson 5: Does Louisa May Alcott's Novel Little Women Accept or Challenge Gender Stereotypes? Lesson 6: Was Toto Dorothy's Only True Friend? Lesson 7: Which Is the Most Important Symbol in The Great Gatsby? Lesson 8: Which Example of Foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men Has the Most Impact on the Reader? Lesson 9: Was It Acceptable for Liesel to Steal in The Book Thief? Lesson 10: Was Macbeth Really a Tragic Hero? Lesson 11: Is Romeo Really In Love? Lesson 12: Who Has the Most Power in Romeo and Juliet? Lesson 13: Is Tybalt a Villain or a Victim? Lesson 14: Is Fame Important? Lesson 15: Was Wilfred Owen a Patriot or a Pacifist? Lesson 16: Does the Poem 'The Road Not Taken' Show Us How to Make the Right Choice? Lesson 17: Was the Californian Gold Rush of 1848 the Main Cause of Conflict Between Native and European Americans? Lesson 18: Did Anne Frank Experience Happiness? Lesson 19: Why Was Winston Churchill's Speech Effective? Lesson 20: What Was the Intent of President Reagan's Speech at Moscow State University in 1988? References Photocopiable Masters Index
For fans of the The Learning Challenge, this book provides everything you need to run dialogue-driven challenges so that students develop literary skills critical to ELA standards.