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- ISSN: 1074-4762
- E-ISSN: 1943-3069
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Mentor Texts and Funds of Knowledge: Situating Writing within Our Students’ Worlds
- Source: Voices from the Middle, Volume 20, Issue Background Knowledge and Vocabulary, Sep 2012, p. 25 - 30
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- 01 Sep 2012
Abstract
The funds of knowledge concept serves as scaffolding for encouraging students to draw on background experiences and home language to generate authentic writing. This article describes and illustrates several classroom strategies, including 1) using culturally relevant mentor texts; 2) applying Nancie Atwell’s writing territories concept; 3) adapting Harry Noden’s Image Grammar; and 4) introducing cubing as a discovery strategy.
© 2012 by the National Council of Teachers of English