June 29th
Welcome to today’s Daily Chat. Here you’ll find an assortment of conversation starters to suit a range of learners. I have categorised them as ‘On This Day’ (a question prompted by a moment in history), ‘Connect & Converse’ (general questions suitable for a range of different ages), ‘Daily Dilemma’ (Could you? Would you? Should you? If…).
Select one or more and begin conversing and building oral language skills today. Being able to engage and communicate with others, to reason and explain, and to ask questions to clarify understanding are vital skills for our pupils. Broad general knowledge underpins reading comprehension; in turn, this supports written communication.
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What shall we talk about today?
On This Day
Today’s On This Day conversation starter harks back in time to when Shakespeare’s Globe burned to the ground. An interesting test of the concept of time is to guess when this event took place. What do you think?
As you might expect, Shakespeare offers us many ‘Big Chat’ topics. An interesting discussion relates to whether pupils think we should still study his work today.
Another brilliant discussion relates to all of the words Shakespeare introduced. Are you familiar with any of his words or phrases?
Here’s a challenge for today:
Connect and Converse
A perfect opportunity to practise persuasion!
Daily Dilemma
For today’s Daily Dilemma, what are your thoughts on the following?
Big Chat
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