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ERIC Number: EJ547102
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
The Power of Story: What I Have Learned as a Writer and a Teacher.
Houston, Gloria
Reading Teacher, v50 n5 p382-95 Feb 1997
Narrates the author's experience and insights regarding the power of stories from an individual's own family. Discusses the power of learners' family stories, story in the freshman English classroom, learning how story structure works, family stories in remedial college classes, and writing for publication classes. Describes a year-long writing project with the English teachers at a middle school. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Narration, Story Telling, Student Motivation, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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