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Cziko, Christine – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1995
Discusses how an English teacher in an inner-city, comprehensive high school used dialogue journals to bridge the chasm between the teacher's academic intentions and the private and social intentions the students hold for themselves. Suggests that finding ways to connect students' social interests to academic intentions can result in powerful…
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, English Instruction, High Schools, Interpersonal Communication