Accountable Talk

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Accountable Talk
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Agreement Conversation

• I agree with (name of the person you agree with)
  because (explain why you agree)
• I liked what _______ said because ___________.
• I agree with _______ but on the other hand,
  (what you would like to add).

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Disagreement Conversation

• I disagree with (who you disagree with) because
  (explain why you disagree).
• Im not sure I agree with what _________ said
  because _________.
• I can see that __________ however, I disagree
  with (or cant see) __________.

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Clarifications

• Could you please repeat that for me?
• Paraphrase what you heard and ask, Could you
  explain a bit more, please?
• Im not sure I understood you when you said
  ________. Could you say more about that?
• Whats your evidence? (we will talk more about
  evidence tomorrow)
• How does that support our work/mission at
  _________?

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Confusion on Topic

• I dont understand __________.
• I am confused about ___________.

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Extension Conversation

• I was thinking about what _________ said, and I
  was wondering what if __________.
• This makes me think ___________.
• I want to know more about ___________.
• Now I am wondering ________.
• Can you tell me more about ________?

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Review and Confirmation

• Review
• I want to go back to what __________ said.
• Confirmation
• I think ____________.
• I believe _____________.