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Peer reviewedSimmons, Jay – Language Arts, 1997
Discusses how students of both sexes in a third-grade class used popular culture to scaffold their stories--they (1) aimed at audience reaction, often using argument and shock; (2) incorporated their favorite writers and curricular topics into their pieces; and (3) by year's end, merged the talents of both genders into a higher form of literacy.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Research, Grade 3, Persuasive Discourse
