Read, Talk, Write Av Laura J. Robb

<p><em>“This book reminds us why Laura Robb continues to be such an important voice in our field: She looks through kids’ eyes and sees into their futures. Literary conversations don’t just enrich kids days; they offer young people gifts that keep on givin the ability to take risks, exercise creativity, build empathy, and develop the ability to negotiate.”</em><br/><strong>—from the foreword by Harvey “Smokey” Daniels</strong><br/><br/> When you get right down to it, literacy comes down to this: read, talk, write. But as every teacher knows, it can be hard for students to see and use these three moves in concert—until now. In <em>Read, Talk, Write,</em> Laura Robb lays out the classroom structures that create the time and space for students to have productive talk and written discourse about texts. With Laura’s guidance you’ll</p><ul><li>Use short texts by Seymour Simon, Kathleen Krull, Priscilla Cummings, and o