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ERIC Number: EJ357928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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Every Child Has a Story to Tell.
Hall, Nigel; Duffy, Rose
Language Arts, v64 n5 p523-29 Sep 1987
Reports on successfully using letter writing and dialogue journals in a classroom where the children's writing tended to be remarkable similar because they did not insert their personalities into their writing. Their writing grew individualistic, and their vocabularies improved through invented spelling. (SKC)
Descriptors: Grade 1, Individual Differences, Letters (Correspondence), Personal Narratives, Primary Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Teacher Student Relationship, Vocabulary Development, Writing Exercises, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Dialogue Journals; Invented Spelling; Student Journals
Note: Thematic Issue: Toward Student-Centered Language Arts.