Text+Dialogue+Form

= = = = = Strategy Name: Text Dialogue Form =

Strategy Description:
Text Dialogue Form is a strategy to be used during post reading. It offers an opportunity for students to process and reflect on their reading. After completing the form, the students will talk in order to extend comprehension.

Course:

 * Applied Communications—a 9 week course to support reading and writing.
 * 5 classes of 28-30 students
 * 7/8 grade
 * Classes include regular education students, special education students with IEP goals in reading and writing, instructional learning disabled students, gifted and English Language Learners.
 * Content area classes where the strategy can be used for comprehension; any topic that can be summarized, interpreted, or evaluated.

Rationale:

 * Students need to interact with text to make meaning.
 * Middle school students love to work/talk in small groups.
 * Prompts on the dialogue form support higher order thinking skills.
 * Prompts on the dialogue form guide students to think deeper about the text.

Diverse Learners:
Diverse learners will benefit from oral and visual aspect of the modeling of the strategy. Kinesthetic learners will like being able to move around into groups. The dialogue form can be modified to support higher and lower learners.

Procedure:

 * 1) Select a text.
 * 2) Model how to use the Text Dialogue Form.
 * 3) After modeling, allow students to read another portion of the text and fill out their own form
 * 4) In partners, students discuss what they wrote on their form.
 * 5) Come together as a whole class and discuss how it went (see questions in binder).

Potential Issues:

 * Will need A LOT of modeling
 * Requires a level of independent work which is difficult for some students.
 * What to do with students who don’t complete a form?
 * Students won’t think deeply enough.

References/Materials:

 * **Strategy from:** Lenski, S. D., Wham, M. A., John, J. L. (1999//). Reading & learning strategies for middle & high school students.// Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
 * In binder:**
 * 1) Text Dialogue Form
 * 2) “How to do strategy” from the source ||

