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5 Core Skills of Academic Conversations

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student might give an analogy for something when they use which conversation skill?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

2.

A student might tell about an instance in their life when they use which skill?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

3.

A student might start with "Another way to look at this could be... " when they are trying to use which skill?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

4.

A student might preface with "Am I right in hearing you say that..." when they are about to use which skill?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

5.

A student might use which skill when they say, "The main theme seems to be..."?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

6.

Teachers help promote which skill by providing graphic organizers like semantic maps?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

7.

Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having the class evaluate if a detail gives weak or strong support for an idea?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

8.

Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students role play respect norms for controversial conversations?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

9.

Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students listen to a short speech without notes and compare the main points to what a partner remembered them to be.

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points

10.

Teachers help promote which conversation skill by having students prune their ideas to discard ones that are not helpful?

a)

Elaborate and Clarify

b)

Support Ideas with Examples

c)

Build On and/or Challenge a Partner's Idea

d)

Paraphrase

e)

Synthesize Conversation Points