After going over the readings, I was really impressed at how many strategies there are in terms of promoting good literacy discussions. When it comes to my classroom though, I haven't really seen many of these discussions occur as of yet. Right now, the CT I have is on maternity leave, so there is a permanent sub. Because of this, I think there is a lot less discussion occuring, and more assignments aimed at students simply getting to work independently. When it does come to discussions, the sub uses the traditional discussion approach, where the teacher talks and uses literal questions. So through this, there is not much room for interpretations when it comes to reading as a class. The one positive aspect I noticed is when the writing teacher comes for her lesson. She conducts open discussions everytime she visits, and makes the act of reading and writing open for students interpretations, something mentioned in Langer. I also noticed that she emphasized using personal expierences and elaboration when explaining their writing or stories they have read, to make them better readers and writers themselves. She does use a lot of scaffolding too, in terms of letting the class know her expectations for response centered discussions (everyone listenes to the speaker, don't be afraid to speak your opinion, the class is a safe place, etc), and it's usually the less developed students (in terms of ther literacy skills) that need a bit more scaffolding. I think this is because these students may be unsure of their interpretations of stories or sharing their own writings, so the teacher scaffolds to promote their own self-efficacy. Overall, both recitations and discussions ae used, depending on the teacher. I hope that when my CT comes back, I will be seeing a lot more response-centered, open minded discussions occur.