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ERIC Number: EJ421217
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Telling Stories Is True Writing (Research and Practice).
McClure, Michael F.
English Journal, v80 n2 p93-95 Feb 1991
Describes how writing fiction helps students to write more effectively, think more critically, and enter difficult territory of complex issues. Illustrates how two students' stories led into discussions of meaning and values. (KEH)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Fiction, Reading Writing Relationship, Secondary Education, Story Telling, Student Characteristics, Student Writing Models, Values, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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