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ERIC Number: EJ642796
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Question and Answer: Reading Nonfiction To Develop the Persuasive Essay.
Pedersen, Don
English Journal, v91 n4 p59-63 Mar 2002
Discusses how earlier in his career the author did nothing to make nonfiction an integral part of his curriculum, nothing to help students critically read it or, more important, use it to inform the nonfiction he was asking them to write. Discusses a series of writing assignments using nonfiction. (SG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Critical Reading, Curriculum Design, Nonfiction, Persuasive Discourse, Secondary Education, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: The Truth about Nonfiction.