If you aren’t able to have your students in a circle at the moment this ‘virtual circle’ could help organise talk, for example when doing talk games or Philosophy for Children. You can put it on your screen and let your class take it in turns to speak.
You often won’t have time for all students to speak, so it could be done in sections. You may get to a point in a lesson that you want to hear a few thoughts so you can say Okay, let’s listen to four people starting with Tania. Later in the lesson you can pick up from Marian, and so on.
Another way of using it would be to do quick rounds where you limit the number of words. For example:
What is the KEYWORD from the lesson for you?
Sum up your thoughts about the book so far in 10 words maximum. (For this one, give some time for notes before you begin the talking round.)
You can download and edit this resource here (Microsoft Powerpoint format).
