Opening Minds by Peter Johnston

 The common core state standards are complex.  The last few days have been exciting and I look forward to moving into more curriculum writing.

Scaffolding is encouraged in the standards. Turning and talking,  explaining how a character changes throughout a text, and also including a theme.

Peter provides sentence frames to support this discussion.

I think [ POSITION ], because [REASON ]

In the story, it says [EVIDENCE ].

If [ACTION ], then [BAD CONSEQUENCE].

What if [SCENARIO]?

But [COUNTERARGUMENT].

Let [classmate ] talk!

Put [classmate ] in [scenario].

What do you think, [classmate]?