Two Classrooms, Two Writing Communities: Urban and Suburban Tenth Graders Learning to Write.

Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura

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Publication Date: 1997

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Two Classrooms, Two Writing Communities: Urban and Suburban Tenth Graders Learning to Write.

Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura

Research in the Teaching of English, v31 n2 p205-39 May 1997

Investigates how classroom communities were created to support students' writing in two contrasting grade-10 English classrooms: one in a low-income urban school with a diverse population, one in a middle-class suburban school. Analyzes class discussions to see how they functioned in creating community. Portrays writing in both classrooms as socially situated. (PA)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Communities, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment, English Instruction, Grade 10, High Schools, Social Influences, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction

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Language: English

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