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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Composition and a Prison Community of Writers
- Source: English Journal, Volume 90, Issue The School and the Community, May 2001, p. 75 - 81
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- 01 May 2001
Abstract
Describes the author’s experiences teaching composition to inmates at a women’s minimum security prison. Describes how these students wrote with alacrity and passion, using writing as a tool to solve problems and enlighten. Discusses how mandated curriculum and assignment requirements were met, revisions made and issues of dialect discussed, while students used writing as a tool for exploration and empowerment.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English