Accountable Talk – Classroom Conversation Support Sheet

Boost classroom discussions with this Accountable Talk handout, designed to help students frame and scaffold their responses during class conversations. Ideal for building confidence, encouraging respectful dialogue, and promoting critical thinking. Stick them into copies or even straight onto the tables! 

Includes helpful sentence starters for:

• Agreeing and adding on

• Respectfully disagreeing

• Asking for clarification

• Supporting ideas with evidence

Perfect for English, SPHE, or any subject that values student voice.

A must-have tool for structured, meaningful, and inclusive classroom talk.