Civic Writing in a Tenth-Grade Classroom.

Starling, Melody Gaston

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ERIC Number: EJ428302

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Civic Writing in a Tenth-Grade Classroom.

Starling, Melody Gaston

Civic Perspective, v3 n1 p7-9 Win 1990

Describes a letter-writing campaign in which students in an English class wrote to their state representatives opposing a bill intended to restrict the viewing of certain films in the classroom. Demonstrates the students' attention to the effects of their writing on their audience, and on their own image as writers. (PRA)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Citizen Participation, Collaborative Writing, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Grade 10, High Schools, Letters (Correspondence), Research Skills, Student Research, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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