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- ISSN: 0034-527X
- E-ISSN: 1943-2348
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The Social Drama of Literature Discussions in a Fifth/Sixth-Grade Classroom
- Source: Research in the Teaching of English, Volume 31, Issue 2, May 1997, p. 1 - 32
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- 01 May 1997
Abstract
Examines how conceptions of what it means to read and discuss literature shaped peer-led discussions in the classroom. Explores the relationship between social and interpretive expectations in the classroom and the positions students took during literature discussions. Shows that students worked to create solidarity. Complicates the role that power and status play in discussions.
© 1997 by the National Council of Teachers of English