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1fr}.levels{grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr)}button{display:none}}</style></head><body data-kind="discussion"><main><header><p class="eyebrow">Fictional worked example · Reusable template</p><h1>Write a reply worth answering</h1><p class="context" id="review-date">Review date: November 6, 2026</p><p>What should a school learn from a four-week lunchtime study-room pilot?</p></header><nav class="toolbar" aria-label="Choose version"><button type="button" data-mode="worked" aria-pressed="true">Worked example</button><button type="button" data-mode="blank" aria-pressed="false">Blank template</button></nav><div id="worked"><div class="thread"><div class="pair"><h3>Shared fictional case</h3><p>One unused room is available. A four-week pilot can use the current staffing arrangement. No earlier attendance figures are supplied.</p></div><section class="post"><div class="pair"><h3>Initial post</h3><p>The school should count how many people use the room. If attendance is high, it should continue.</p></div></section><div class="reply-switch" role="group" aria-label="Choose a sample reply"><button type="button" data-reply="a" aria-pressed="false">Reply A</button><button type="button" data-reply="b" aria-pressed="true">Reply B</button></div><section class="reply" id="reply-a" hidden><div class="pair"><h3>Reply A</h3><p>I agree. A study room is a great idea and would help lots of students.</p></div><p class="feedback">Agreement only; no development of the peer’s reasoning.</p></section><section class="reply" id="reply-b"><div class="pair"><h3>Reply B</h3><p>Counting use would help, but a total could hide whether a few students return every day. Could the pilot record daily visits and an anonymous question about whether students found space to study? That would let the school compare use with the problem the room is meant to address.</p></div><p class="feedback">Develops the peer’s counting proposal with a limitation and a useful question.</p></section><div class="pair"><h3>Closing reflection</h3><p>I still think the pilot should begin. The reply about repeat visits changed what I would count. I would now separate daily use from the number of different people who used the room, if the school can collect that information appropriately.</p></div></div><section class="rubrics"><h2>Criteria you can assess from the work</h2><section class="criterion"><h3>Initial contribution</h3><div class="levels"><p><strong>Demonstrated</strong> Answers the question with a reasoned position that another reader can examine.</p><p><strong>Developing</strong> Gives a relevant position but leaves its main reason unclear.</p><p><strong>Not yet visible</strong> Does not provide a position relevant to the question.</p></div></section><section class="criterion"><h3>Use of the shared material</h3><div class="levels"><p><strong>Demonstrated</strong> Uses an accurate detail from the supplied material and explains its connection to the position.</p><p><strong>Developing</strong> Includes a relevant detail but does not explain the connection, or overstates what the detail supports.</p><p><strong>Not yet visible</strong> Relies on unsupported statements or does not engage with the supplied material.</p></div></section><section class="criterion"><h3>Reply that develops the exchange</h3><div class="levels"><p><strong>Demonstrated</strong> Addresses a specific peer idea and adds evidence, a consequence, a qualification, or a question that can change the reasoning.</p><p><strong>Developing</strong> Identifies a peer idea but mainly repeats it or offers a broad question without development.</p><p><strong>Not yet visible</strong> Gives only agreement, disagreement, or a response unrelated to the peer’s idea.</p></div></section><section class="criterion"><h3>Closing reflection</h3><div class="levels"><p><strong>Demonstrated</strong> Explains whether an exchange changed or qualified the student’s position, with a reference to the relevant contribution.</p><p><strong>Developing</strong> States that the position changed or stayed the same but does not explain why.</p><p><strong>Not yet visible</strong> Does not connect the reflection to the discussion.</p></div></section></section><aside class="note">Reply A adds agreement and an unsupported benefit. Reply B develops a specific peer idea with a limitation and a question. Posting deadlines and contribution counts remain separate from reasoning quality.</aside></div><div id="blank" hidden><p class="mode-label">BLANK WORKING COPY · Replace the fields for your task</p><section class="blank-fields"><p class="context">Use your own task and evidence. Leave unconfirmed details unfilled.</p><section><h3>01 / Question / learning purpose</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Question / learning purpose"></div></section><section><h3>02 / Shared material</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Shared material"></div></section><section><h3>03 / Initial-post window</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Initial-post window"></div></section><section><h3>04 / Reply window</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Reply window"></div></section><section><h3>05 / Contribution requirements / alternatives</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Contribution requirements / alternatives"></div></section><section><h3>06 / Criteria and levels</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Criteria and levels"></div></section><section><h3>07 / Actual post excerpt / feedback</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Actual post excerpt / feedback"></div></section><section><h3>08 / Closing reflection if assigned</h3><div class="write-space" aria-label="Space to write Closing reflection if assigned"></div></section></section></div><footer>Original illustrative material. 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