Short, Kathy G.; Kauffman, Gloria; Kahn, Leslie H.

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ERIC Number: EJ616141

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561

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"I Just Need To Draw": Responding to Literature across Multiple Sign Systems.

Short, Kathy G.; Kauffman, Gloria; Kahn, Leslie H.

Reading Teacher, v54 n2 p160-71 Oct 2000

Explores how students take what they understand through reading and talking about literature and express their ideas in art, drama, music, or math. Argues that one way learners push their understandings and create more complex meanings is through such transmediation. Offers examples of responding to literature through multiple sign systems. (SR)

Descriptors: Art, Art Expression, Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Mathematics, Music, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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