Speaking Volumes - Gilmore, Barry
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Are the literature discussions in your classes a one-way conversation where you do all the talking? Or are they dominated by a small cadre of big talkers? No matter why book talk needs enlivening, Barry Gilmore has a simple, ready-to-implement solution that will grab your students' attention, energize their exchanges, and help them find their speaking voices. In "Speaking Volumes," Gilmore offers accessible, classroom-tested, and matter-of-fact techniques grounded in the idea that literary conversations thrive when students can connect their interests and beliefs to what they're reading.…mehr

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Are the literature discussions in your classes a one-way conversation where you do all the talking? Or are they dominated by a small cadre of big talkers? No matter why book talk needs enlivening, Barry Gilmore has a simple, ready-to-implement solution that will grab your students' attention, energize their exchanges, and help them find their speaking voices. In "Speaking Volumes," Gilmore offers accessible, classroom-tested, and matter-of-fact techniques grounded in the idea that literary conversations thrive when students can connect their interests and beliefs to what they're reading. Gilmore's ideas for new, unusual, and original models for engaged discussion are easy to reproduce and use, and they get results. "Speaking Volumes" includes: numerous sample activities based on commonly taught literaturequotations, prompts, and reproducible surveys to help you open, focus, or plan a discussionteacher-friendly uses for technology that stimulate conversationsactivities that connect ideas from books to current events and issuesdetailed follow-ups to help you assess what a book discussion has contributed to students' understanding.The ideas in "Speaking Volumes" don't require a curricular overhaul, and its simple, effective techniques for increasing student involvement will soon become an organic part of your instructional style. Read it, and get ready to find out what your classes really have to say.
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Autorenporträt
Barry Gilmore, Ed.D., taught English and social studies for over 15 years before becoming a middle school principal in Memphis, TN. Barry was a National Board Certified teacher and Past-President of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English. He was the author of seven books for teachers and numerous articles on topics ranging from the common core to plagiarism and classroom discussion methods. Gilmore received numerous honors for his teaching, including the NCTE's Outstanding High School Educator Award, the U.S. Department of Education's American Star of Teaching Award, and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission's Educator of the Year.