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...in a local high school. Ms. S. has created a warm and exciting classroom environment. The walls are decorated with posters of authors and locations in the world, the latter are changed depending on the literature being studied at the time. Prominently displayed is a large posterboard displaying expected classroom behaviors: respect for all; participate in discussions; one person speaks at a time; have all materials; put gum in the waste basket and turn off rs, cell phones, walkmans. Twenty-nine students entered the classroom and took their seats chatting with classmates. The teacher asked two students to toss their gum in the wastebasket and asked another student to put his ear phones in his back pack, thereby enforcing classroom rules. When the bell sounded, Ms. S. greeted her students and asked them to assemble in their small discussion groups and to address these questions: What was the main point the author was making in the short story read for homework last night? Groups were given 15 minutes to assemble in their groups and discuss this assignment. At the end of the time, one member of each group shared their conclusions with the rest of the class which led into a whole...