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ERIC Number: EJ597682
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Promoting Reading and Writing through Humor and Hope.
Fuhler, Carol J.; Farris, Pamela J.; Walther, Maria P.
Childhood Education, v76 n1 p13-18 Fall 1999
Notes that humor and hope can produce an interest in reading and writing in children. Presents ideas for developing interest in language arts as well as suggested poems, picture books, and beginning chapter books. Also includes classroom suggestions for developing the four needs of beginning writers: ideas, words, structures, and spelling. (LBT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Humor, Language Arts, Literacy, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests, Reading Readiness, Writing Attitudes, Writing Readiness, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Hope; Lifelong Readers; Lifelong Writers