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Below you'll find:
  • a Keep It Simple Silly lesson format
  • a sample lesson for how to introduce the Quality Question Club to your students
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HOW-TOs
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ASSESSMENT
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REFERENCES

A Couple of Caveats:

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I do not recommend starting the Quality Question Club (QQ Club) in your classroom until a month or more into the school year. Give yourself time to establish your relationships and routines before adding this component.

A week before introducing the QQ Club, tally the numbers of questions and quality questions asked in class. Do this in a public way with tally marks, but do not explain what you are doing. Use this to capture their curiosity and, later, give a rational for starting the QQ Club.

K.I.S.S. Lesson Format:

Let's start with a Keep It Simple Silly style lesson plan:

Concepts can be taught through both definition and examples (and counterexamples)
  • Quality questions need defined through a rubric, and students need to hear/read examples
  • Counter examples are shown as a 1 and 2 in a four point rubric
Practice the concepts
  • Have students practice Quality Questions in small groups of 5
  • One "teacher" (have prepared mini-lessons they read/show), two judges using rubric, two learners asking QQ.
  • rotate roles
Evaluate the concepts learned
  • Teach and have students write 2-4 QQ based on mini lesson
  • Collect their questions and assess for the next day

Introduction to the Quality Question Club Lesson

First, three documents are shared with students electronically or in hard copy.
Introductory page/poster
What a Quality Question Looks-Sounds-Feels Like
Quality Question Club 7th Grade Rubric

Detailed Lesson Plan

The lesson shown below has a one or two period option
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