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Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms in the classroom.
List of contents
Foreword - Lester Laminack
Introduction
Chapter 1: Defining School Book Clubs
Chapter 2: Setting Up Book Clubs
Chapter 3: Preparing for Book Clubs: Teaching Social Skills
Chapter 4: Book Club Procedures & Lessons
Chapter 5: Book Club Reflections
Chapter 6: Book Club Text Synthesis & Presentations
Chapter 7: Book Club Assessment
Chapter 8: Planning Book Club Reading
Chapter 9: Text Clubs across the Curriculum
Chapter 10: A Sample Book Club Unit: The 9/11 Novel Unit
References
Appendix: Reproducible Forms
About the Author
About the author
Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Maine; former editor of professional publications, Association for Middle Level Education; and consultant to schools on technology and learning
Summary
Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms in the classroom.
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Talking Texts is a must-read for all middle grades ELA and content teachers. Using the strategies and techniques offered in this book, I have been able to initiate book clubs in my media center, my school, and beyond! Lesley Roessing does an excellent job of defining the purpose of both book and text clubs as well as providing clear strategies for developing and maintaining such clubs. This text considers the needs of educators by providing useful tips that are easy to implement—from giving advice on book selection to providing lessons on the social skills students need to collaborate to outlining authentic and engaging assessment.
