Writers in School: A Case Study.

Ainsworth, Mavis

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ERIC Number: EJ412979

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Writers in School: A Case Study.

Ainsworth, Mavis

Use of English, v41 n3 p59-71 Sum 1990

Discusses a project in which a professional writer, poet Ian McMillan, was brought into middle school classrooms to aid in writing instruction. Describes the writer's contributions to the program, the problems he encountered, and his perceptions of the purposes of writing and the value of his writing residency. (SG)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Case Studies, Classroom Research, Creative Writing, Middle Schools, Poets, Reading Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Writing Attitudes, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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