"I Want to Be Good; I Just Don't get It": A Fourth Grader's Entrance Into literacy Community  

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Schultz, Katherine

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Written Communication ( sebagian Full Text) vol. 11 no. 3 (Jul. 1994), page 381-413.
Fulltext: Written Communication-1994-SCHULTZ-381-413.pdf (3.32MB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/WRC/11 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Based on a year-long ethnographic study, this article presents a case study of a fourth grade student, Kenya, who learned to participate in the literacy community of her classroom-in her terms "to be good "-by writing letters. It was through these letters, which began as daily written interactions about (mis)behavior, that Kenya gained confidence and skill as a writer. The genre of letters allowed Kenya to construct her identity as a writer in the classroom community, at the same time that she retained her identity as a member of a group of four, frequently defiant African American girls. In this classroom, teachers used writing to forge collaborative relationships with students relationships that often were built around struggle and conflict-to encourage students' growth as writers. This study has implications for a new pedagogy of writing, one that provides a rich and challenging curriculum for all students, even those who might in other circumstances be considered "remedial," and one which alters our conceptions of the roles of and relationships between teachers and students in a writing classroom.

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