Academic Conversations

1. Provide language support for ELL/MLL students to participate in academic conversations with peers.

2. Implement protocols for academic conversations.

3. Provide content/theory to ground the academic conversations.

4. Identify resources to improve the implementation of academic conversations in the classroom.

5. Explain to students what it means to academic conversations.

6. Show examples of what it looks like to have academic conversations.

7. Explain teacher's role when students have academic conversations.