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TalkAboutTransitionFollowUpLesson1-TeacherNotes

Thisfollowuplessonisdesignedforstudentswhohavetakenpartinthe‘TalkAboutTransition’workshopwithTalkTheTalktrainingstaff.

Itcanbedeliveredduringform/registrationtimeorextendedtofacilitateacompletelessonperiod.

TheaccompanyingPowerPointdocumententitled‘TalkAboutTransitionFollowUp1’shouldbedisplayedonthewhiteboardorprojectionscreen.SlideOne: CoverSlideSlideTwo: Task1–‘Think’ 2–3minutesWorkingindividually,studentsareaskedtothinkabouttheirnewschool.

• Whathasgonewell?• Whathasbeenachallenge?• Whathaveyouenjoyedthemost?• Andwhy?

Studentsspendtwotothreeminutesthinkingabouttheirtimetodateintheirnewschool.SlideThree: Task2–‘Pair’ 3–5minutesNowworkingwithapartner,studentstalktoeachotherabouttheirthoughtsontheirnewschool–explainingtheirchoicestotheirpartner.SlideFour: Task3–‘Share’ 5-30minutesThistaskisfacilitatedbytheteacher–andcanbeextendeddependentontimeconstraints.Ifonlyashorttimeisavailable,theteachercanelicitresponsesfromindividualstudents–toexplaintheirchoicesforoneormoreofthequestions:

• Whathasgonewell?• Whathasbeenachallenge?• Whathaveyouenjoyedthemost?

Ifmoretimeisavailable,everystudentcansharetheirchoicesandexplanations–leadingtoeitherindividualpresentationstotheirpeersorawholegroupdiscussionfacilitatedbytheteacher,usingopenquestionstoencourageextendedanswers:

Why?

Whatmakesyouthinkthat?

Soyouthink…SlideFive: CoverSlideTATF1RH