Taking the Witch's Hat a Step Further: A Way to Develop Reading and Writing Skills.

Porto, Melina

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ERIC Number: EJ575036

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Taking the Witch's Hat a Step Further: A Way to Develop Reading and Writing Skills.

Porto, Melina

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v42 n4 p269-73 Dec-Jan 1998-1999

Discusses extending the "Witch's Hat" technique with the Problem-Solution pattern and the dialog projection technique to help learners comprehend and produce basic narrative discourse in English by developing awareness of the rhetorical structure of stories. Discusses benefits of the combined strategy. (RS)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Reading Skills, Secondary Education, Short Stories, Story Grammar, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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