Ground Rules:

• Listen actively.

• Build on what others say.

• Don't interrupt someone who is speaking.

• Silences and pauses are okay.

• Converse directly. There is not need to go through the facilitator.

• Let the conversation flow.

• Expose/suspend your assumptions.

• Clarifiy, amplify, and examine the implications of ideas.

• Refer to the text often. Challenge others to go to the text as well.

• Watch your own air time both in terms of how often you speak and in terms of how much you say.