Using Shared Inquiry with Literature & Thought | GRADES 6–12

Shared Inquiry is the effort to achieve a deep and rich understanding of a text by discussing questions, responses, and insights with others. This inquiry-based approach helps students grow in four key areas

• critical thinking

• literacy

• language arts

• listening

Each of the four easy-to-follow lessons features

• specific learning objectives to focus on during a brief discussion of a short reading
  

• descriptions of how the objectives contribute to student learning
  

• numbered steps that guide you through the process of conducting each lesson
  

• a script that shows how one leader presents the learning objectives in each lesson
  

• troubleshooting tips pertaining to each

• writing and reflection activities to help you and your students assess your progress

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Professional Development Workshops Available

Perfection Learning and The Great Books Foundation, a nonprofit education organization, have partnered to offer professional development workshops for using the Shared Inquiry method with Literature & Thought anthologies.

Contact your sales representative for information regarding on-site workshops for 20 or more teachers.

Perfect for the Race to the Top Fund!

Created to improve state education quality and student achievement, the Race to the Top Fund will, according to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, "enable us to spur reform on a national scale—driving school systems to adopt college and career-reading, internationally benchmarked standards." Grants will focus on four reform goals

• using data to drive instruction
  

• raising standards
  

• turning around historically low-performing schools
  

• improving teacher and principal quality
  

It is recommended that you participate in a Great Books Professional Development Workshop before using Shared Inquiry in your classroom.