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ERIC Number: EJ357924
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Writer to Reader to Self: Personal Uses of Writing.
Tchudi, Susan
Language Arts, v64 n5 p489-96 Sep 1987
Looks into the functions of children's writing to determine what children can meaningfully write about. Discusses research on the functions of writing and then suggests assignments where children write letters to different audiences, such as to themselves and to their future children. These assignments help children learn about themselves. (SKC)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Language Arts, Letters (Correspondence), Personal Narratives, Secondary Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Audience Awareness
Note: Thematic Issue: Toward Student-Centered Language Arts.