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Direct linkGillespie, Joanne – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2005
Middle school students are often asked to reflect on what they read by writing in journals or writing analytic essays. Another approach is to compile multigenre papers. Seventh-grade students each created a booklet containing 10 items in different genres, based on "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park. Students also wrote reflections explaining how…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Novels, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods
