SUSTAINING TALK

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SUSTAINING TALK

• Chapter 8

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Types of Speaking

• Aesthetic Talk
• Used to respond to literature
• Used to deepen comprehension of literature
• Efferent Talk
• Used to inform and persuade
• Goal of talk is to promote higher-level thinking

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Conversations

• Small-Group Conversations
• Grand Conversations
• Step by Step p. 247
• Instructional Conversations
• Step by Step p. 250

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Possible Roles for Grand Conversations

• Word Finder
• Checker
• Character Interpreter
• Illustrator
• Recorder
• Reporter

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Conversations

• Storytelling (handout)
• Readers Theater
• Step by Step - p. 295
• Retelling stories p. 298
• Step by Step p. 301
• Guidelines for retelling p. 301

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Talk as a Learning Tool

• Asking Questions
• Levels of Questioning Critical Questions
• Critical questions go beyond the text and focus
  on global issues, ideas, and problems.

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• To answer critical questions, students
• Think creatively
• Make personal connections, world connections, and
  literary connections
• Evaluate the text
• Express opinions

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Talk as a Learning Tool

• Asking Questions
• Levels of Questioning Inferential Questions
• Inferential questions require analysis and
  interpretation.
• The answers to inferential questions are
  implicitly stated in the text.
• To answer inferential questions, students use a
  combination of background knowledge and clues in
  the text.

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Talk as a Learning Tool

• Asking Questions
• Levels of Questioning Literal Questions
• Literal questions are factual.
• The answers to literal questions are stated
  explicitly in the text.
• Students can answer literal questions with yes
  or no or with a few words taken directly from
  the text.

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Talk as a Learning Tool

• KWL Charts
• Step by Step p. 258
• Minilessons
• Oral Reports
• Step by Step p. 259

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Talk as a Learning Tool

• Interviews
• Hot Seat Step by Step - p. 261
• Debates
• Step by Step p. 262
• Show and Tell

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Drama

• Improvisation
• Role-playing
• Process Drama
• Step by Step p. 264
• Puppets
• Theatrical Productions
• Scriptwriting
• Producing video scripts