“Please take a look at today’s workshop target and tell me if you have a specific notice or a wonder about it.” John Exall was introducing his sixth-grade class to its next “expedition,” a semester-long project on American immigrant stories.
“Mattie, why don’t you start us off?”
These 11- and 12-year-olds were obviously accustomed to Exall’s approach and knew the lingo of “workshop target,” “notice,” and “wonder.” They responded immediately.
