Speaking Volumes: How to Get Students Discussing Books--And Much More

by Barry Gilmore

In Speaking Volumes , Gilmore offers accessible, classroom-tested, and matter-of-fact techniques grounded in the idea that literary conversations thrive when students can connect their interests and beliefs to what they're reading. Gilmore's ideas for new, unusual, and original models for engaged discussion are easy to reproduce and use, and they get results. Speaking Volumes

Genres: Education

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2006

Reviews

[Cathy Blackler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full of engaging practical strategies to foster conversation in your classroom. The tips are easily adaptable and contain a current event focus/tie-in. My first read-through ended with lots of post-it notes marking ideas I can use right away. I'll definitely be recommending this to my colleagues.

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you teach language arts, you want to read this book. Great ideas for students to talk about what their reading amongst each other.

[jacky]

found at Good Will for a dollar and figured why not.