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

by Laura J. Robb

Yes—we can have our cake and eat it too! We can improve students’ reading and writing performance without sacrificing authenticity. In Read, Talk, Write , Laura Robb shows us how. First, she makes sure students know the basics of six types of talk. Next, she shares 35 lessons that support rich conversation. Finally, she includes new pieces by Seymour Simon, Kathleen Krull, and others so you have texts to use right away. Read, Talk, Write : it’s a process your students not only can do, but one they will love to do.

Genres: Education

453 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2016

Reviews

[Dionne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, practical and detailed model lesson plans to help teachers encourage their students to talk and write more about what they are reading. This text is MUCH needed for our public school classrooms. Far too many classrooms have teachers doing most of the talking and not the students. As stated in this book, students need to be able to talk and write about what they are reading so they can understand what they think and know in order to better understand what others think and know. An essential lesson we all need to be teaching each other in these days of terrorist acts, shootings, political non-communication, etc.

[Yanti · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Bethany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, helpful book.

[Briana Cleveland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read, Talk, Write: 35 Lessons that Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction promises to share "structures that create the time and space for students to have productive talk and written discourse about texts." Robb does deliver on clear descriptions of the structures she uses to encourage and motivate literary discussions, however, the lessons fails to clearly outline how to implement these structures.

Though they are sold as lessons, most are really more like lists of ideas and prompts that connect to the lesson topic. I found them to be rather confusing in their design and in the order they are presented in the book.

I did find some good ideas in this book, but if you're looking to utilize talk to boost comprehension, I would recommend Comprehension through Conversation.