7.2 Watch ‘Right is Right’ clips and submit ‘Right is Right’ worksheet task

Doug Lemov is a US based teacher coach who designs and implements teacher training based on the study of high-performing teachers. In his book Teach Like a Champion 2.0 he writes about the technique ‘Right is Right’ in which when a teacher responds to answers in class they hold out for answers that are ‘all the way right’ or all the way to a high standard of rigor.

The worksheet task below is based on this idea and provides examples of how to ensure you get the most cognitive work from your students when they are only half-right.

Your task is as follows:

1. Download and complete the worksheet below.

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2. Save your completed worksheet using the following structure: rightisright_yoursurname_date (i.e rightisright_McDermott_30Mar2020)
3. Submit your completed worksheet to the dropbox below.

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You can also watch Doug Lemov’s ‘Right is Right’ clips below and see more on his blog here: http://teachlikeachampion.com/blog.

“Grace’s Right is Right is a BEAUTIFUL “Answer My Question” moment. She’s reading Edwidge Danticat’s story “Night Women” with her class and asks how the setting, a room divided in half by a curtain, tells the reader about the characters. She calls on a student whose answer contains some insight but which rapidly loses it’s focus. “The setting… shows symbols,” she says, “The night is a symbol for the mom. And for the son the scarf is a symbol for him.” This answer is interesting. It starts on point but proceeds rapidly towards vagueness and circular reasoning (“for the son the scarf is a symbol for him?”) and the question about the setting goes unaddressed.” – Dough Lemov

“Last week there was this clip of Grace Ghazzawi driving up the rigor with an “answer my question.” [clip above] This week it’s Maggie Johnson killing it with a beautiful “hold out for all the way right” moment with one of her students- during close reading no less. Maggie’s 8th graders are reading To Kill a Mockingbird and she puts a sentence describing Aunt Alexandra and her high-falluting “obsession with heredity” up on the board and asks her students to interpret.” – Doug Lemov