Intel Education: Visual Ranking Tool: Mystery Elements


	Visual Ranking Tool: Mystery Elements Student Conferencing

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Mini-Mystery: Mini Conference
Sample Conference Questions
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These are suggested questions for the teacher to help coach the student through writing a rough draft. Depending on the need of each student the teacher may ask more content specific questions.

Conference Questions	Conference Date and Comments	Conference Date and Comments
What is your story about? Please provide a brief summary.
Are your characters well developed (behavior, motivation, plausibility)?
How does conversation contribute to your story?
Have you woven in compelling details or clues? (foreshadowing)
How have you thought about your word choice for your story (vivid, enhance meaning, concrete)? Show me some examples.
How are you including the relevant elements from Visual Ranking in your story? (Have these elements helped set the stage? Are you concentrating on your most important one? Do you still feel it is the most important, or are there others equally important?)
What have you done that is working well for you? Not so well?
What are you going to do next? Is there an idea you would like to discuss before you write?
Do you feel that you are making progress?

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