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Talk is the engine that drives learning in any classroom. By focusing on
conversation, colleagues and coaches can assist their peers by teasing out some
of those patterns that are most helpful to (or most inhibit) the growth of the
learning community.

Observing talk in classrooms is the first step toward helping teachers
understand the language they use automatically. It's one thing to acknowledge
talk is crucial in classrooms; far harder to analyze, reflect upon, and move
toward changing talk patterns.

Here are some possibilities for classroom observations focused on talk.

www.choiceliteracy.com/...99.cfm - Preview

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Interventions in literacy

www.americaschoice.org/literacy - Preview

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Links to Nielson "Alertbox" column site, articles, interviews re web usability.

www.useit.com/jakob - Preview

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Fun article re: literacy and writing on the web vs. paper. Several links to other articles and authors.

www.slate.com/2193552 - Preview

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Literacy program self-assessment tools created by the Natl Ctr for Family Literacy with support from Verizon Foundation. Online tools and pdf-available components and resources.

literacynetwork.verizon.org/Best-Practices.26.0.html - Preview

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Link to two new WestEd reports - one on Middle and Secondary literacy, the other on teaching ELLs

www.wested.org/...news.htm - Preview

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The Reading Apprenticeship® framework combines affective and cognitive aspects of literacy support, promoting adolescents' engagement and achievement in reading and writing in their content area classes.

www.wested.org/...home.htm - Preview

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IRA-NCTE collaboration on literacy coaching. Resources, links, blog, forums

www.literacycoachingonline.org/ - Preview

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IRA position paper on Adolescent Literacy, 1999

www.reading.org/...ps1036_adolescent.pdf - Preview

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