Alber, Sheila R.

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ERIC Number: EJ600974

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569

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"I Don't Like To Write, But I Love To Get Published": Using a Classroom Newspaper To Motivate Reluctant Writers.

Alber, Sheila R.

Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, v15 n4 p355-60 Oct-Dec 1999

Suggests a classroom newspaper provides an excellent vehicle for teaching writing to students of various ability levels, allows students to direct their writing to a specific audience, and increases motivation (because recognition through publication is very reinforcing). All students, including students with disabilities, can benefit from the variety of activities involved in producing a classroom newspaper. (RS)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Problems, Newspapers, Student Motivation, Writing Attitudes, Writing Difficulties, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: Addressing Barriers to Student Learning--Systemic Changes at All Levels.