Carly's scores were strong in all formats of discussion.  Here, she wrote why Ben Franklin's life was interesting without benefit of a discussion.                                

Below Carly responds to a question after a teacher facilitated discussion session. The question posed was whether they would prefer to be friends with the character of the fox or the bear based on what happened in the story The Bear Said North.

Below Carly explained  she felt the princess in the Frog Prince  would only be a fair friend to have after a student led discussion.

After a student-led discussion, Carly responded and scored a five to the question of who was more stubborn in the tale called Close the Door from Tales of Tom Foolery.