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ERIC Number: EJ557979
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Using Newspapers and Magazines--the Multipurpose Teaching Tools.
Mitchell, Diana; Ross, Amy; Reissman, Rose
English Journal, v86 n7 p109-13 Nov 1997
Presents three brief articles written by teachers that 1) describe a collection of approaches that utilize newspapers and magazines as the "excellent teaching tools they are"; (2) plunge students into critical analysis through the use of advertisements in magazines; (3) present ideas on how to teach students to create writing prompts from news stories. (SR)
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Newspapers, Periodicals, Secondary Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Writing Prompts
Note: Theme issue: Interdisciplinary English.