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Proceed to the page "Week 4 Questions" to start a new discussion on the poverty and discipline article. After viewing the video clips by Ruby Payne on question making, I recognized language deficits in the casual register which I had just been discussing as vocabulary without realizing the more complex demands of syntax. Her suggestions for practicing question making are not new but seem all the more likely to yield results. I viewed the practice lesson by the 7th grade teacher demonstrating the technique for making multiple choice questions. //I will try this next semester. The kicker will be sticking with the practice until results emerge. Kay Stephens//