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Direct linkKahn, Elizabeth – English Journal, 2009
Early in the fall of 2007, one of the author's students asked whether she could pass around a petition during class protesting the "moment of silence." The Illinois legislature had recently passed a law requiring all schools to observe a moment of silence at the start of each school day. A number of students who heard the conversation…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Relevance (Education), Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction
