Type of Literacy Strategy:

Reading Comprehension (pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading), Writing (informal), Speaking (discussion)

Reading Level:

All Secondary Reading Levels; Based on how the I Talk, You Talk, We Write is used in the class, students at lower reading levels or ELs might be better paired with a student of a higher level or proficient in English to continue to challenge them to speak and keep pushing. Sometimes talking for 30 seconds is hard, but making sure that if they do run out of things to say, you can always let them fall back on once they are done talking about the reading, they can talk about other things in class - homework, the last unit, anything that they can relate to/already know about.

Prep Time:

Depends on depth of use. 10-20 minutes for one-page guide.

I Talk, You Talk, We Write in Use -

• Have students do this as a pre-reading assignment, during reading, or post reading follow up (really depends on what you want this strategy to be used for)
• Pair up students (as little groups of three as possible). Assign one student to be student A and one to be student B.
• Person A talks 30 seconds, person B talks 30 seconds, then you both write for 3 minutes about what you talked about and what you are thinking now.
• Good for bell work, exit cards, etc. before, during, or after a lesson reading