- Catherine Snow assumes the role of a middle school English teacher and introduces the topic of doctor-assisted suicide to teachers (who act as students).

- As the teacher, Snow pauses during her initial reading of the passage to check for understanding and to re-engage "students" in the topic.

- Snow pauses yet again during her reading of the passage to ask student to identify the arguments presented in the text and to begin making their own associations about the topic.

- Snow ends reading by asking about their thinking about the topic. She then using numerous "Accountable Talk" moves to facilitate a rich discussion.

- She ends the discussion with a preview of how the topic and the words would be revisited in other ways throughout that week of school.

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