a technique for silent discussion (from Foxfire's Hilton Smith)

planting the seeds of community

rubric gives examples at each level!

just good advice, not just for difficult discussions

Zane Berge & Lin Muilenburg

scroll to the end for questions to avoid (i.e. the "guess what I'm thinking" question, the info retrieval question, etc.)

dead ends in discussions (i.e. yes/no questions, leading questions, etc.)

a library of discussion topics

First, honesty. In literature, as in life, one of the fundamentals is to find, and be, one’s true self. …. In writing, in the long run, pretense does not work. …. If handwriting reveals character, writing reveals it still more. You cannot fool all your judges all the time.

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