reflections on a videotaped lit circle discussion

students took notes on what they noticed and wondered as they watched Darvell, Vianey, Demarrion, and Donnell discuss Out of the Dust.  They noticed that students often agreed or disagreed with each other respectfully, they raised their hands to talk, they stayed focused around important ideas from the book.  Kamari's wondering about whether they answered their question was interesting.  I agreed with him that they never really consolidated their thoughts into a consensus.  I asked him if he thought that it was important that they do that and he nodded yes.  I wonder if it's important, perhaps there should be some sort of final project on Friday where they do consolidate some of their best answers...