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ERIC Number: EJ626197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Authentic Writing Using Online Resources: Selling Our Words in the Community.
Putnam, Dawn
English Journal, v90 n5 p102-06 May 2001
Describes two projects undertaken with the author's high school English classes in which students chose writing they wished to share with their own community, and then published it, in one case selling their class anthology to selected businesses around town. Describes the increase in enthusiasm for writing and care and professionalism caused by writing for a real audience. (SR)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, English Instruction, Language Arts, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education, Student Projects, Writing for Publication, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: The School and the Community.