In chapter 2 of To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout feels _______ because ________.
Just stop. Really. Stop it. It’s enabling lazy thinking, poor engagement, and boredom. I’m bored even thinking about the imaginary potential of reading 160 of those sentences.
What about these…
- I wonder…
- What if…
- Well, maybe…
- I think…
- I don’t understand…
These are sentence stems that ask students to think. To dig into an idea. To make visible their meanderings around a concept. These are sentence stems that work for second grade, college, and me when I’m thinking about something.