K6-English Speaking and Listening - page 54

Example: checklist for staying on topic
Topic:
Name of monitor:
Speaker 1 Speaker 2
Name: Name:
Stayed on topic: Stayed on topic:
All of the
time
Most of
the time
Some of
the time
Not at
all
All of the
time
Most of
the time
Some of
the time
Not at
all
Tick the ways speaker 1 stayed on topic Tick the ways speaker 2 stayed on topic
Asked questions Asked questions
Answered questions Answered questions
Agreed or disagreed Agreed or disagreed
Added new information Added new information
Tick the ways speaker 1 got off topic Tick the ways speaker 2 got off topic
Did not answer questions Did not answer questions
Talked off topic Talked off topic
Did not contribute Did not contribute
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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Speaking and listening
IMPLEMENTATION Example: using analogy to teach turn-taking
(McAffee 2002)
The teacher explains that a conversation is like a game of tennis. The chance to speak
moves back and forth between the people in a conversation like the ball moves back
and forth between players. If one person keeps the ball there is no game. This is the same
for a conversation. If one person does most or all of the talking, the other person would
be bored. Conversations require that each person has turns to talk.