Holding a Group Discussion: Homework

Name the role and the step in new group scenes, and say what to do when a discussion goes wrong.

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Part A — Key Words / 4

Type the word that fits each clue.

1.
Who keeps a discussion moving and makes sure everyone gets a turn?Answer
2.
Who writes down the group's ideas and decisions?Answer
3.
To pour out as many ideas as you can before anybody judges any of them is to do what?Answer
4.
A general agreement that everyone in the group can live with is called what?Answer

Short answers. Think about why.

1.
What is the first of the five steps?Answer
2.
In a brainstorm, nobody does what to an idea that sounds boring?Answer
3.
Who writes the goal at the top of the page?Answer
4.
Which keeps talking until the last person has been heard, a vote or a consensus?Answer
5.
A good report gives the decision first. What comes next?Answer

New scenes. Fix each one.

1.
Dev says, Let's decide today whether the dog or the man learns more in the story. Which step is Dev taking?Answer
2.
Lena writes down Dev's wording and reads it back to check that everyone agrees. Which role is she in?Answer
3.
Two members grab the pencil and shout ideas over each other. Which role should step in?Answer
4.
Everyone agrees except Omar, who is still frowning. Should the group vote, or keep talking?Answer
5.
A group's report starts with the first idea, then the second, and saves the decision for last. What did they get backward?Answer
6.
A group's silent minute, when each person writes one idea, belongs to which step?Answer

Answer each one in one sentence. You mark these yourself against the key.

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Notes

Part A — the answers.

Part B — the answers.

Part C — the answers.

Part D — what a good answer includes.

Answers vary. A good answer names a problem from the lesson: everyone talks at once, one person takes over, people wander off the topic, or someone never gets a turn.
Answers vary. A good answer names one of the five steps (roles, goal, brainstorm, consensus, present) and gives a real reason.