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Developing verbal talent : ideas and strategies for teachers of elementary and middle school students
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Boston, MA : Allyn And Bacon, 1996
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9780205159451

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*This text offers teachers of the language arts and of high ability learners important approaches in promoting talent development in all learners. Developing Verbal Talent also provides a theoretical and research-based approach to applying practical techniques for teaching language arts at elementary and middle school levels. The book emphasizes the importance of students' constructing meaning for themselves through the study of rich and complex literature and the translation of that study into response journals, persuasive writing, debate, and special projects. The ideas in this text were developed by educators from language arts, gifted education, as well as classroom practitioners who collaborate on what works with high ability learners in classrooms. The text responds to the questions of how to meet the needs of the best students in an inclusionary classroom setting and how to challenge all learners more effectively in the language arts.Developing Verbal Talent was organized to provide students with important theory and research in the language arts and talent development while providing practical translation of those ideas into classroom activities and teacher-generated commentary.


Table of Contents

Introduction to Book
I Talent Development in the Language Arts
Introduction to Section I
1 The Process of Talent DevelopmentJoyce VanTassel-Baska
Case Histories of Writers: The Talent Development Process at Work
Educational Implications
Educational Approaches to Talent Development
Historical Development of School-Based Responses to Talent Development
The Integrated Curriculum Model
Translation into Curriculum
Curriculum Reform Design Elements
Implementation Considerations
The Learner: Characteristics, Aptitudes, and Predispositions
The Identification of Talent
The Context Variables
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
2 Talent Development in the Language ArtsA. Harry Passow
Some Conceptions of Verbal Talent
Identifying Verbal Talent(s)
Nurturing Verbal Talent(s)
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
3 Reading, Writing, and the Construction of MeaningNancy Nelson Spivey
A Constructivist Perspective on Literacy
Reading and Writing the Text
Reading and Writing the Intertext
Reading and Writing the Context
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
4 Mentors on Paper: How Classics Develop Verbal TalentMichael Clay Thompson
A Consensus Against Basals
The Classics Remain Classic
Classics are Inherently Self-differentiating
Classics are Appropriate
Classics Teach Words
Classics Develop the Ability to Articulate Ideas
Classics Develop Thinking Skills
Classics Develop Human Values
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
5 The Study of Literature: Insights Into Human UnderstandingBarbara Allen Taylor
Education and Understanding
Literary Understanding
Barriers to Understanding
A Strategy for Literary Understanding
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
II Meaning Through Inquiry in Language Arts
Introduction to Section II
6 Literacy Development in Verbally Talented ChildrenJane M. Bailey.
What is Literacy Development? Advanced Development
Case Examples of Verbal Talent
Strategies to Foster Verbal Talent Development
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
7 Oral Communication: Thinking in ActionAnn L. Chaney
Toward a Working Definition of Oral Communication
Teaching ``Thinking in Action.''
Teaching Response to Persuasion through Evaluative Listening
Teaching Persuasive Speaking
Speech Competitions
Assessment
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
8 Teaching Discourse through WritingColleen Kennedy
History of Movement in Writing
Text-based Writing Pedagogies
The Integration of Writing into the Curriculum
Assessment of Student Writing
Key Points Summary
9 Formal Language Study for Gifted StudentsMichael Clay Thompson
Grammar
Mystery Sentences
Vocabulary
Poetics
Putting it All Together
Conclusion
Key Points Summary
10 Reflections on Foreign Language Study for Highly Able LearnersMichael Clay Thompson and Myriam Boggs Thompson
Foreign Language as Enhancement