Full text loading...
- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
-
Chatting with Letters: Developing Empathy and Critical Literacy through Writing Communities
- Source: English Journal, Volume 97, Issue 5, May 2008, p. 76 - 80
-
- 01 May 2008
Abstract
High school teacher Mary B. Nicolini designed an assignment that allows sophomore and senior students to examine an issue through an exchange of anonymous letters. Letter writing provides an opportunity for dialogue between peers, helping students critically explore questions about their assigned texts through a safe, informal medium.
© 2008 by the National Council of Teachers of English