Talking About Text

Help students comprehend text through purposeful dialogue. The best way to understand text is to think and talk about it. This professional guide defines what purposeful talk is, why it is important, and how it increases comprehension. Students will be empowered to have meaningful discussions about text as they implement the effective strategies modeled in this book.

Maria Nichols, a National Board Certified Teacher, is a literacy staff developer for San Diego City Schools. She works with teachers in K-6 urban elementary classrooms in San Diego, California

Foreword	p. 5
Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Purposeful Talk: What Is It, and Why Do I Need It in My Classroom?	p. 12
The Changing Role of the Teacher	p. 14
Defining Goals	p. 15
Navigating This Book	p. 16
Getting the Talk Started: Lessons That Teach Purposeful Talk Behavior	p. 19
Building Beginning Talk Behavior	p. 21
Determining the Lesson Focus	p. 23
Lesson Design	p. 24
Using the Lessons	p. 27
Focus Questions for Deconstructing Lessons	p. 29
Purposeful Talk Behavior: Hearing All Voices	p. 30
Classroom Context	p. 30
Lesson Plan	p. 32
Lesson Narrative	p. 34
Deconstructing the Lesson	p. 36
Purposeful Talk Behavior: Say Something Meaningful	p. 38
Classroom Context	p. 38
Lesson Plan	p. 40
Lesson Narrative	p. 42
Deconstructing the Lesson	p. 44
Purposeful Talk Behavior: Listening with Intent and Keeping Lines of Thinking Alive	p. 46
Classroom Context	p. 46
Lesson Plan	p. 48
Lesson Narrative	p. 52
Deconstructing the Lesson	p. 54
Purposeful Talk Behavior: Negotiating Meaning	p. 56
Classroom Context	p. 57
Lesson Plan	p. 58
Lesson Narrative	p. 62
Deconstructing the Lesson	p. 65
Creating Habits of Mind: Lessons That Teach Students to Read, Think, and Talk Independently	p. 67
Creating Independence Using the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model	p. 68
Informative Feedback	p. 69
Shared Reading	p. 70
Lesson Plan	p. 74
Lesson Narrative	p. 78
Guided Reading	p. 80
Partner and Independent Reading	p. 83
Maintaining the Momentum with Purposeful Talk	p. 93
A Focus on Purposeful Talk Slips Away	p. 94
Slipping Back into the "Right Answer" Paradigm	p. 95
Community Difficulties	p. 95
Partnership Woes	p. 96
Talk Dominators	p. 98
Shy Students	p. 99
Who's in Charge?	p. 100
Length of Conversations	p. 101
What Can Be	p. 103
Planning Form for Teaching Purposeful Talk Behavior to Support the Construction of Meaning-Lesson Plan Template	p. 106
Planning Form for the Release of Responsibility for Thinking and Talking About Texts-Lesson Plan Template	p. 108
References Cited	p. 110
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