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Direct linkJames R. Gilligan – English Journal, 2019
To combat the inevitable intellectual fatigue that autobiographical essay assignments often engender and, more importantly, to provide students with an authentic audience and purpose for their writing, the author designed an autobiographical assignment that liberates students from the traditional essay format while empowering them to envision…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Adolescent Literature, Autobiographies, Teaching Methods
