Literary Conversations in the Classroom: Deepening Understanding of Nonfiction and Narrative

by Diane M. Barone

Combining research with real-life classroom examples, this book demonstrates how high-level conversations centered on fiction and nonfiction can promote students' understanding and help them meet and exceed a spectrum of standards. The authors demonstrate how to use literary conversations in small, heterogeneous groups to address multiple expectations within classrooms, such as close reading, vocabulary, background knowledge, literal and inferential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807757330
• ISBN13: 9780807757338
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"