Last week I WALKED you through the Group Work on Teams. In each group, one student OPENED a new meeting, and the other students JOINED that meeting. You then WROTE four messages (see Week 4 for details). Finally you STARTED group conversations about Someplace in This Universe. Let's TAKE a quick look at those conversations now. Those are your Group Reports. You should REVIEW them carefully after each class ... and if you NOTICE any way to IMPROVE them, you should do so.

How were your conversations? Too short, right? Well this week, we will TRY to MAKE them longer, flowing conversations (like the sample in Week 3). We will START with a Conversation Starter and then USE Thought Questions in order to ADD new information to the conversation. This new information will NOT be in the question. It will be found in the Answer Sentence that will CONTINUE the conversation.

We will USE the 3-Minute Routine for the Conversation Starter and each Answer Sentence. For the Thought Questions, you will be GIVEN one minute to THINK about them (and one minute to WRITE one down).

Let's do a demonstration right now. I'll CHOOSE a video clip at random by CUTTING a deck of playing cards. We will USE a scene from a new video story: Shodo Girls. I'll CALL ON groups for each new sentence.

REVIEW the conversation and CHECK the flow.

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

SET today's Flash Quiz with about 5 minutes of lead time,
then WATCH a video clip for 2-3 minutes.

After the Flash Quiz ... GO to your channels on Teams. One person will OPEN a meeting. The others will JOIN that meeting. Then WRITE your first message: Your group's name ... and ... Week 5.

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.

Let's CONTINUE with another scene from Shodo Girls. I'll CALL OUT the times. Here we GO.

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

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 5",
(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).