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Peer reviewedJester, Judith – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Describes organizing a poetry "slam" (a contest in which people read their original poems and listeners cast votes for their favorites) involving 200 eighth graders from two different schools. Discusses how this experience made vivid for students the need to write for an audience and to revise. (SR)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation
