Content-Area Conversations How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners

Name: Content-Area Conversations How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners
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ISBN: 9781416607373

ISBN-10: 1416607374

ISBN-13: 9781416607373

Edition: 2008

Authors: Douglas Fisher, Carol Rothenberg, Nancy Frey

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Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content. Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners is a practical, hands-on guide to creating and managing environments that spur sophisticated levels of student communication, both oral and written. Paying special attention to the needs of English language learners, the authors: Detail research-based steps for designing lessons that spark student talk; Share real-life classroom scenarios and dialogues that bring theory to life; Describe easy-to-use assessments for all grade levels; Provide rubrics, worksheets, sentence…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 175
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Foreword


Introduction



Why Talk Is Important in Classrooms



Fostering Academic Discourse



Planning for Purposeful Talk



Creating an Environment for Talk



Procedures for Classroom Talk



Assessments of Classroom Talk


Conclusion



List of Instructional Routines


Bibliography


Index


About the Authors