Using Scripts to Provide Models

Another way to facilitate modelling and the use of video clips is to use scripts of the talk. All of the video clips on this resource are accompanied by a script. You could try any of them but the following examples may be particularly useful in work with a class. The following examples are scripts taken from the video clips in the previous section. The scripts give a clear sense of part of the classroom activity and will enable you to focus very precisely on aspects of the work seen on the video. Projecting the script on a whiteboard will help to focus the discussion.

doc fileSchool B, Year 10 - Group Work video script
(23 KB)

doc fileSchool C, Year 11 - Exploratory Talk video script (21 KB)

doc fileSchool A, Year 7 - Dialogic talk video script
(22 KB)

Activity

If you have used one of the video clips with a class try out the script in order to explore what is added to the teaching by being able to show pupils a transcript of the work on the video.

Use the script and the worksheet below with a class to give you and your pupils the opportunity to discuss the ways in which particular pupils in the video manage particular aspects of speaking and listening, such as:

  • supporting another's contribution
  • asking valuable questions
  • furthering the discussion by building upon someone's ideas
  • summing up a discussion

N.B. You might need to model the process of annotating the script if the class is not used to it or if they are unfamiliar with the terminology in the worksheet.

doc fileManaging speaking and listening pupil worksheet (21 KB)