Feedback from Feedback

Last week students began their novel studies.  We have 3 different novel studies going in the room, each geared at students level and to incorporate differentiation in the classroom.

One of the first activities the students did was to predict what the novel was about, using clues from the cover (title, pictures, back writing).  After doing so, I provided feedback to each student in the form of a question, to help them engage their thinking.

Today, in their groups students gave feedback to each other on the feedback I'd given.  So, one student at a time would read their prediction and the accompanying question, then the other students would take turns answering the question for their peer.  This continued until all members in the group had provided feedback, then the next student would read their prediction and receive feedback from their peers.  The students and I discussed this method of conversational peer learning and they agreed that it helped them learn how to write a more in depth, detailed, comprehensive prediction next time.