Unpacking Your Thinking Paraphrasing Contributions Comparing Contributions My partner/group and I determined that ___ because ___. If I understand you correctly, your opinion is ___. I have another way of looking at this. I/we concluded that __ because __. Let me see if I got this right. You are saying ___. I agree with ___ but I don’t agree with ___ because___. In other words, you are saying ___. Have you thought about ___? So, you are recommending that ___. My perspective is similar to ___’s. My perspective is ___ because __. I approached it by ___ because ___. Soliciting a Response What do you think? We haven’t heard from ___ yet. What are your thoughts? Affirming Contributions I see what you mean. Now I understand your perspective. I share your point of view. Your explanation helped me understand ___. Critiquing Others’ Reasoning Responding to Paraphrasing Yes, that is accurate. It doesn’t appear that you have sufficient evidence to claim ___. I don’t believe your argument is viable because ___. You might consider trying ___. My idea builds upon ___’s. No, that isn’t quite accurate because ____. Drawing Conclusions Based on ___, my hypothesis/conjecture is ___. I can conclude ___ because ___. I predict ___ because ___. What do you mean by ___? Will you explain ___ again? I have a question about ___. I don’t quite understand ___. Asking for Justification What is the reasoning/evidence for your conclusion? What makes you think that? Does that always work? Interjecting an Idea May I say something? May I add an idea? Holding the Floor The evidence that supports my conclusion is ___. As I was saying, … My argument is viable because ___. What I was trying to say was ___. I can justify my conclusion by ___. If I could finish my thought … Upon analysis of the text, I can conclude___ because ___. I’d like to complete my thought. There was no proof when you said, “___,” so please elaborate on ____. I have an alternative strategy. Asking for Clarification Secondary Discourse Sentence Starters