When Junk Mail Isn't Junk.

Perrin, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ421115

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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When Junk Mail Isn't Junk.

Perrin, Robert

English Journal, v80 n1 p30-32 Jan 1991

Argues that bulk mailings can successfully be used in the classroom to teach reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Provides examples of activities addressing salutations, alliteration, connotations, rhetorical appeals, sentence structures, close reading, and vocabulary development. (KEH)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Reader Response, Reading Materials, Reading Skills, Teacher Developed Materials, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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