Liane- Chapter 6 Interaction

I like the idea to promote interaction in chapter 6. We just had the Speech Path. come and stay for a couple of days. He brought a Jeopardy game with him and in the game he used several of the techniques described in the book. His game allowed the discussion of information about the four seasons and facts therein and aforementioned. All the kids were involved in thinking and in preparing answers. He allowed kids to work in teams of four and he wouldn't accept answers that weren't in a full sentence.
My students need to be able to write friendly letters properly. So, I practice interaction with them by requiring a letter each week. They keep a journal and every week have to write me a letter on Thursday or on Friday. I use the weekend to respond to them. I've been working more oral interaction into my lessons with the inside/ outside circle exercise. The kids on the inside have to state the content objectives to the kids on the outside. The kids on the outside have to state the language objectives to the kids on the inside.