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Activities Supporting Shared Inquiry Discussion

Teacher's Editions and Leader's Guides contain suggested activities designed to help students prepare for Shared Inquiry Discussion and to continue their exploration of meaning. These activities include those listed below. Click on an activity, and details will appear to the right.

In the Basic Leader Training Course an expert practitioner uses several of these activities to demonstrate the process of helping students prepare for Shared Inquiry Discussion.

Exploring Key Words and Phrases

Interpreting Words activities focus on a word or phrase that takes on a great deal of interpretive resonance in the story.

For example, students might focus on the repeated use of the word luck in "Jack and the Beanstalk."

Rather than simply learning new vocabulary, students explore how specific words contribute to the broader interpretive issues of a story.

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The best introduction to Shared Inquiry and using Junior Great Books is the Basic Leader Training Course.
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