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The purpose of this activity is to practice academic speaking and listening: The teacher creates a question with two possible responses using academic language. The students copy the question and the teacher models and defines all of the vocabulary. Then the students create a "T" chart with "option 1" response on one side and "Option 2" response on the other side. The teacher models and defines all of the vocabulary. The teacher has the class practice reading the question and the two responses aloud before giving them the instructions to interview a certain number of classmates. The students walk around and pair up. One student asks the question and the other student responds using one of the two academic responses. The student asking the question listens and records a tally mark under the option that the student describes. Then they change roles. The teacher signals (using music or a signal word) for the students to move and find a new partner.

This example is from the SDCOE Advanced SDAIE Training:

Question: To what do you attribute the high cost of gasoline?

Next step: When they finish, the teacher asks them to examine their data and write summary sentences. Some word choices might be:
 * an insufficient number of refineries producing oil. || The inflated price of oil set by oil companies. ||
 * IIII || III ||
 * minority/majority
 * ______% of the people I surveyed stated...
 * most/fewer