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Download full textPrice-Miller, Carol – 1995
A copy of a letter to a cable company, printed in large block letters and not following standard rules of spelling and syntax, serves as a catalyst for thoughts about the person who wrote the letter and a discussion about what constitutes literacy. Despite the appearances of the letter, a case can be made for the author as a writer. A close look…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy
