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ERIC Number: EJ487792
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-0883
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"I Want to Be Good; I Just Don't Get It": A Fourth Grader's Entrance into a Literacy Community.
Schultz, Katherine
Written Communication, v11 n3 p381-413 Jul 1994
Presents a case study of a fourth-grade student who learned to participate in the literacy community of her classroom by writing letters. Claims that letter writing aided this student in gaining confidence and skill. Discusses implications of this study for forging a new pedagogy of writing. (HB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Discourse Communities, English Instruction, Ethnography, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Letters (Correspondence), Literacy, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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