Enjoy having students connect with the Common Core State Standards through collaborative discussion on a text, both literature and informational text. This activity hits multiple Common Core State Standards and can be used with really any grade level from 4th grade to 12th grade as discussion is based on grade-level text.
This 12-slide PowerPoint guides teachers/students through the process: 1) Read/annotate/cite text, 2) Ask questions, 3) Write questions to prepare for collaborative discussi