Read, talk, write : 35 lessons that teach students to analyze fiction and nonfiction /: 35 lessons that teach students to analyze fiction and nonfiction. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laura J. Robb.
• Authors: Robb, Laura
• Contents: Chapter 1. Talking About Texts: Getting Started; Lessons and Texts to Take Students From Talk to Literary Conversation; Five Benefits of Student-Centered Talk; Benefit 1: Talk Supports Recall and Comprehension; Benefit 2: Talk Engages and Motivates; Benefit 3: Interactive Talk Becomes a Model for In-the-Head Conversations; Benefit 4: Talk Activates Ideas for Writing About Reading; Benefit 5: Talk Changes How Students Think and Feel About Fiction and Nonfiction; The Research Support; Types of Talk and How They Fit Into the Lessons; Initiating Talk With Questions and Prompts; How to Craft Guiding Questions; How to Teach Students to Compose Interpretive Questions; Making Student Talk Productive; How to Build Trust; How to Help Students Initiate Discussion; How to Teach Students to Listen Actively; How to Use the Fishbowl Technique; How to Use Smart Notebooks; What’s Ahead; Reflect on Your Teaching; Chapter 2. Lessons for Teaching Six Types of Talk; How Literary Conversations Help Students; Texts for Talk-Based Reading Lessons; When to Use the Six Types; Tips for Managing Literary Conversations; Offer Prompts That Keep a Discussion Moving Forward; Provide a Timeframe; Reflect and Intervene; Set a Signal for Closing a Discussion; Lesson 2.1: Turn-and-Talk; Lesson in Action: Turn-and-Talk; Lesson 2.2: Whole-Class Discussions; Lesson in Action: Whole-Class Discussions; Lesson 2.3: Partner Talk; Lesson in Action: Partner Talk; Lesson 2.4: Small-Group Discussions; Lesson in Action: Small-Group Discussions; Lesson 2.5: In-the-Head Conversations; Lesson in Action: In-the-Head Conversations; Lesson 2.6: Teacher-Student Discussions; Lesson in Action: Teacher-Student Discussions; Chapter 3. Lessons That Build Comprehension Skills in Any Genre; Step 1: Mine Texts for Teaching Topics; Step 2: Plan Lessons; Step 3: Develop Effective Assessments; Ten Top-Notch Short Texts and Lessons; Getting-Ready Tips; Lesson 3.1: Inferring With Informational Text; Lesson 3.2: Exploring Interpretative Questions: Biography; Lesson 3.3: Determining the Author’s Purpose: Informational Text; Lesson 3.4: Why Characters Change: Small-Group Discussion Using a Short Story; Lesson 3.5: Prompting In-the-Head Conversations: Biography; Lesson 3.6: Teacher–Student Talk: Conferring; Reproducible Fiction and Nonfiction Texts; “Coming Clean” by Anina Robb; “Defying Gravity: Mae Jemison” by Anina Robb; “Hoops Tryouts” by Anina Robb; “How Ada Lovelace Leaped Into History” by Kathleen Krull; “How Athens Got Its Name” Retelling by Joanna Davis-Swing; “Isaac Newton and the Day He Discovered the Rainbow” by Kathleen Krull; “Making Scientists Into Climbers” (Excerpt From Secrets of the Sky Caves: Danger and Discovery on Nepal’s Mustang Cliffs) by Sandra Athans; “New Horizons in Space” by Seymour Simon; “Snow Day” by Priscilla Cummings; "Who Climbs Everest?" (Excerpt From Tales From the Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest With Pete Athans) by Sandra Athans; Chapter 4. Taking the Plunge: How to Talk and Write About Fiction; Exploring and Analyzing Fiction With Literary Elements; Building Knowledge of Key Literary Techniques; Some Key Literary Devices; Encouraging Students to Discuss Literary Elements and Techniques; Characteristics of Fictional Genres; From Talk to Writing; Brief Writing Tasks to Follow Talk; Writing About Reading; Model Lesson: The Importance of Inferring: “Snow Day” by Priscilla Cummings; Reflect on Your Teaching; Chapter 5. Going Deeper: How to Analyze Literary Elements; Offer Students Guided Practice; Moving From Talking to Writing; Literary Elements and Five Kinds of Conflict; Bundling Literary Elements; Teaching Tips for Literature-Based Lessons; Lesson 5.1: Protagonist and Antagonists; Model Lesson 5.1: Teaching Protagonist and Antagonists: “Hoops Tryouts” by Anina Robb; Lesson 5.2: Conflict, Plot, and Setting; Model Lesson 5.2: Teaching Conflict, Plot, and Setting: “Coming Clean” by Anina Robb; Lesson 5.3: Identifying Themes; Model Lesson 5.3: Teaching Theme: “Snow Day” by Priscilla Cummings; Lesson 5.4: Planning and Writing a Summary: Fiction; Model Lesson 5.4: Teaching Summary: Fiction: “Hoops Tryouts” by Anina Robb; Lesson 5.5: Compare and Contrast Notes; Model Lesson 5.5: Teaching Compare and Contrast Notes: “How Athens Got Its Name, ” Retelling by Joanna Davis-Swing; Chapter 6. Taking the Plunge: How to Talk and Write About Nonfiction; Seven Tips for Inspiring Students to Have Literary Conversations About Nonfiction; Teach Six Kinds of Context Clues; Lesson 6.1: Mining Text Features for Information; Identifying Text Structures to Build Understanding; Lesson 6.2: Teaching Text Structures; From Talk to Writing; Understanding the Structure of Nonfiction Genres; Reflect on Your Teaching; Chapter 7. Going Deeper: How to Analyze Nonfiction; Teaching Tips for Text-Based Lessons; Lesson 7.1: Taking Heading Notes and Finding a Main Idea; Model Lesson 7.1: Taking Heading Notes and Finding a Main Idea: "Who Climbs Everest?" (Excerpt From Tales From the Top of the World) by Sandra Athans; Lesson 7.2: Thinking About Issues: Obstacles; Model Lesson 7.2: Teaching About Obstacles: “How Ada Lovelace Leaped Into History” by Kathleen Krull; Lesson 7.3: Teaching the Problem-Solution Text Structure; Model Lesson 7.3: Teaching Problem-Solution: “New Horizons in Space” by Seymour Simon; Lesson 7.4: Personality Traits and a Person’s Achievements: Biography; Model Lesson 7.4: Teaching Personality Traits: “Defying Gravity: Mae Jemison” by Anina Robb and “Isaac Newton and the Day He Discovered the Rainbow” by Kathleen Krull; Lesson 7.5: Identifying Main Ideas; Model Lesson 7.5a: Teaching Explicitly Stated Main Ideas: "Who Climbs Everest?" (Excerpt From Tales From the Top of the World) by Sandra Athans; Model Lesson 7.5b: Teaching How to Infer Main Ideas: “Defying Gravity: Mae Jemison” by Anina Robb; Chapter 8. Reflecting on the Process of Read, Talk, Write; Four Key Skills; Skill 1: Taking Risks; Skill 2: Creativity; Skill 3: Empathy; Skill 4: The Ability to Negotiate; Writing Is Knowing; Making the Changeover; Take the First Steps; Climb That First Hill; Start Slowly Down the Hill; Continue Moving Along the Path; Picture Your Destination; Make a Teaching Investment With Student Paybacks;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 372.47; Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Discussion -- Study and teaching (Elementary); English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Language arts (Elementary)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506374260
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