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Summary
Summary
*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 |