[MOSAIC] Ellin, when comprehension strategies become the reason for reading. . .

[Heather Wall]

Teresa,

The Dorn and Soffos book you mention below when discussing Text Talk - is that "Teaching for Deep Comprehension"?  Is that where I need to look to find more info on Text Talk and the Conversation Moves chart?

Thanks,
 
Heather Wall/ 3rd grade/ Georgia
NBCT 2005
Literacy: Reading - Language Arts



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From: Teresa Terry <teresaterry2001 at yahoo.com>
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Lori,
   
  That is one book I do not own....yet.  Could you talk about the different categories and the coding of conversations?  
   
  For an action research project I did analyze the change over time in teacher/student talk in regards to Dorn and Soffos' Text Talk which included posing questions, clarifying, elaborating, supporting thinking with evidence, etc... I also looked at each chain of talk and classified it as literal, inferencial, and evaluative to determine if thinking deepened with the use of text talk/students' own language which produced the same behaviors.  After each literature discussion we go over over Conversational Moves chart