Reading as Mediated and Mediating Action: Composing Meaning for Literature through Multimedia Interpretive Texts.

Smagorinsky, Peter; O'Donnell-Allen, Cindy

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ERIC Number: EJ563750

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Publication Date: 1998

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Reading as Mediated and Mediating Action: Composing Meaning for Literature through Multimedia Interpretive Texts.

Smagorinsky, Peter; O'Donnell-Allen, Cindy

Reading Research Quarterly, v33 n2 p198-226 Apr-Jun 1998

Analyzes the effort of a small group of high school seniors to interpret the character of Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" through a "body biography," a life-sized human outline they filled with images and words representing their understanding of the character. Examines their discussion as they composed their text. (PA)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Drama, High School Seniors, High Schools, Interpretive Skills, Reader Response, Student Reaction

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Language: English

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