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ERIC Number: EJ386896
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Anna Abridges "Masha."
Crago, Hugh
Language Arts, v66 n3 p252-66 Mar 1989
Examines a young girl's abridgment of Mara Kay's novel "Masha," focusing on the selection processes she used. Suggests that text selected for the abridgment had personal significance, while less significant or negative text was omitted. Concludes that the experience gave shape and meaning to the girl's own growing up. (MM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Recreational Reading, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Abridgments (Text); Childrens Writing; Masha (Book); Response to Literature; Summarization; Text Factors; Text Organization; Writing Development
Note: Themed Issue: Encountering and Creating Literary Discourse.