Laura Robb - Read, Talk, Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction

Reading is language, on the same plane as talking and writing. Yet in our pursuit of improving students comprehension, we sometimes neglect to include enough talk and write in our instructional plans, fearing we dont have the minutes in the day or the magic to ensure productive discourse about texts. But we actually lose progress with this omission, for when students write and talk about what they read we are asking them to dig and think even more deeply about the text than what would happen with reading alone. Laura Robb understands just what teachers need to get the read-talk-write synergy going in their classrooms, and has done a masterful job of providing us with insight and guidance into making these important connections work for all texts. The result of Read, Talk, Write will be more highly engaged students and deeper levels of comprehension.

TIMOTHY RASINSKI

Literacy Consultant and Author of The Fluent Reader Kent State University

In Read, Talk, Write, Laura Robb helps both novice and experienced teachers create a curriculum of rich conversations that can enhance any reading instructional model. She includes practical resources such as model lessons, checklists, planning guides, and supports for English learners. Reading this book felt like I was at a common planning meeting with Laura and we were mapping out student conversation lessons together. What is especially helpful are her clear explanations of not just what to teach students, but how the different types of student conversations benefit readers, allowing teachers to choose talk structures that match the students right now.

GRAVITY GOLDBERG

Literacy Consultant and Author of Mindsets and Moves: Strategies That Help Readers Take Charge

Noticing and naming are crux moves of literacy. Talk and the words we use matter. Talk makes a big difference to reading, composing and learning, as well as to human agency. How talk develops strategic reading and comprehension, and how it supports composing of all kinds, has been a somewhat neglected topic in both the research realm and in the realm of practical pedagogies. To fill the gap, here comes Laura Robb with Read, Talk, Write. Laura Robb is a great-hearted teacher and person, and in this book she carefully guides all of us who teach how to use specific kinds of procedures and language to develop student engagement, literacies, agency and independent capacity more robustly.

JEFFREY D. WILHELM

Author of Diving Deep Into Nonfiction: Transferable Tools for Reading ANY Nonfiction Text Distinguished Professor of English Education Boise State University

Read, Talk, Write offers teachers and students a magical tapestry of collaborative thinking and learning around texts. Laura Robb gently, and with great expertise, weaves reading, writing, listening, and speaking into thought-provoking routines. Teachers are going to love the easy-to-follow suggestions for prompts, lessons, and beautiful mentor texts. This highly practical resource brings the famous easy button to the world of text response!

LINDA HOYT

Literacy Consultant and Author of the Crafting Nonfiction Series and the Explorations in Nonfiction Writing Series

In memory of Patrick Daley, a creative and innovative force in education

35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction: With 100 Best-the-Test Tips

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