What Do Response Journals Reveal about Children's Understandings of the Workings of Literary Texts?.

Pantaleo, Sylvia

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ERIC Number: EJ514619

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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What Do Response Journals Reveal about Children's Understandings of the Workings of Literary Texts?

Pantaleo, Sylvia

Reading Horizons, v36 n1 p76-93 1995

Examines and discusses several fifth-/sixth-grade students' written responses to literature in terms of what they reveal about the writer's knowledge and understanding of how literary texts work. Suggests that students' written responses to literature can provide invaluable pedagogical information and support to encourage children in their growth as life-long readers. (RS)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Intermediate Grades, Journal Writing, Reader Response, Student Journals

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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