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ERIC Number: EJ329553
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Pickles Will Kill You: Use Humorous Literature to Teach Critical Reading.
Whitmer, Jean E.
Reading Teacher, v39 n6 p530-34 Feb 1986
Argues that humorous books have the potential to brighten the classroom environment, motivate students, and develop reactive, thinking readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Humor, Motivation Techniques, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Reading Strategies, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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