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| Starling, Melody Gaston | 1 |
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Starling, Melody Gaston – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes a letter-writing campaign in which students in an English class wrote to their state representatives opposing a bill intended to restrict the viewing of certain films in the classroom. Demonstrates the students' attention to the effects of their writing on their audience, and on their own image as writers. (PRA)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Citizen Participation, Collaborative Writing, Community Attitudes
