At the end of last week's class, you STARTED Group Discussions on your channels on Microsoft Teams. There was, however, very little time. I want to USE today's class to WALK you through your group discussions and TIME you. It is important to KEEP your conversations MOVING.

Before we GO to Teams, I would like to HAVE you DO today's Flash Quiz ... on paper. So please, TAKE out a new piece of paper (size B5) and WRITE the heading just like you LEARNED to do in Week 1. You will be WRITING three English (declarative) sentences and you will DIVIDE them into 4区. I EXPLAINED how to DO that last week. You should, of course, FOLD your paper into 4 evenly DIVIDED columns. Please LABEL the columns ... S　V　O/C　+A (see Week 3).

I will SHOW you 2-3 minutes of a scene from Someplace in this Universe. Then I will GIVE you 1 minute to THINK of a Conversation Starter and 1 minute to WRITE it down on your paper. The next two sentences should be CONNECTED to the setences that have APPEARED before them, so I will GIVE you 3 minutes for each of the next sentences: 1 minute to THINK of a Thought Question (do NOT write it down), 1 minute to THINK of an answer, and 1 minute to WRITE down the Answer Sentence. This is a modified version of the 3-Minute Routine. The second minute (Communicate & Compare) is MISSING, because you are doing the Flash Quiz alone. After about 8 minutes, you should HAVE a 3-sentence conversation. Then I will SHOW you another scene and we will REPEAT this procedure again.

You will TURN your papers in to the teacher, and we will CONTINUE these Timed Discussions about Someplace in This Universe on Teams. We will USE the full 3-Minute Routine for each Conversation Starter and the Answer Sentences. For the Thought Questions, you will be GIVEN two minutes to THINK about them and WRITE them down. I will CALL the times out. Here we GO.

GO to your channels on Teams. One person will OPEN a new meeting. The others will JOIN that meeting. Then WRITE your first message: Your group's name ... and ... Week 4.

CHOOSE your Leader. Then WRITE your second message: the Leader's name.

Finally WRITE the plan in two messages:
(third message) Plan A: 3-Minute Routine and
(fourth message) Conversation Starter, then Level 6 - 7 Pairs.

Now I'll CHOOSE a video clip at random by CUTTING a deck of playing cards.

REVIEW the conversations and CHECK the flow of each conversation.

MAKE any corrections that will IMPROVE the conversation, the flow, or MAKE it more interesting.

REPEAT from the beginning with a new video clip.

If there is time, HAVE the Group Leaders TAKE CHARGE of the timing and directions.

END the class with a Flash Quiz (free choice of scene from memory).

During the Group Work Leaders should MAKE SURE that all students that are online KEEP their microphones ON (so that they can SPEAK) AND their cameras ON (so that they can SEE each other).

At the top of your report WRITE
(message #1) your group's name, "Week 4",
(message #2) the leader's name,
(message #3) Plan A: 3-Minute Routine, and
(message #4) Conversation Starter, then
Level 6-7 pairs.

Follow the 3-Minute Routine explained in Lesson 1 for each sentence (and question, perhaps). The sentences should be about scenes from Someplace ....

If you HAVE any questions about what you are supposed to be DOING, first DISCUSS the problem with your group, then ... if you are still in doubt, DO what you or your group THINK is right, (RAISE your hand if you're in the classroom) and SHOW it to the teacher (the PDS Cycle).