Partner discussion activity
Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic
SCUMPS is an oral language framework that supports students to describe an object. The acronym is used to prompt the students to talk about different aspects of the object, which they can then describe to a partner, small group or the whole class.
Also see related SCUMPS strip here
Partner discussion activity
Focus: working in pairs to generate ideas or vocabulary on a topic
Focus: encouraging students to ask questions
Includes: a three page resource containing activities for using the Question dice and Detail dice.
Focus: questioning and identifying evidence in texts, and adding detail to writing
