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Allowing students to discover literature is one
of the primary ideas presented in ...
Rosenblatt's Literature as Exploration. She
advocates personal and spontaneous student
interaction with literature. In order to
stimulate student curiosity and to allow the book
to have direct meaning to the individual,
Rosenblatt says that we should place no "screen"
between student and book by imposing the
teacher's point of view and critical attitude
toward literature.
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(Clift, Meng, Eggerding, 1992)

Current Views

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... I inadvertently pointed out a dichotomy
between Vacca's Content Area Reading ... and
Rosenblatt.
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When we watched my pre-reading lesson on video in
the class, the professor asked why I didn't
make a more direct and explicit connection
between soap operas and Master's view of small
town life. I responded, at the time, that I
wanted students to discover Master's vision on
their own and that I didn't think the text was so
difficult that they couldn't easily discover his
"themes."
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Professors Response

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Naturally the professor read my remarks in
class as contrary to the ideas presented in
Vacca. As a class we could not really reconcile
this seeming dichotomy.
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The professor responded to my paper--"Perhaps
we should discuss the seeming contradictions
between Rosenblatt and current notions (my
emphasis) about preparing kids to read by
supplying a "set" or "frame."
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Who's current? Who's passé? Theoretical!
Practical! Just when I think I'm getting a
handle on a workable philosophy, someone else
tells me the ideas aren't "current."
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Zero-G Messages

Magnet Shoes

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From UIUCED2!student account
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Dear NASA,
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I would like to see if magnets would work in
space if you put them in shoes. We are working
on ways to move around in the halls of a zero
gravity space station. Please let me know if you
have done any work with magnets in space.
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Thank you.
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student's name
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P.S. I am a Sophomore at school name in
Champaign Illinois.

Scientist Response

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Date Thu, 3 Oct 1991 91730 CDT
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From scientist's account_at_vf.jsc.nasa.gov
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Subject magnetic shoes
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To zerog_at_cogsci.uiuc.edu
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In theory magnetic shoes will work, however,
there are a few problems that need to be
considered.
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First, the space station will be constructed
mostly out of aluminum alloys. In order for
magnets to work thin metal plates would have to
be installed whereever people will be putting
their feet.
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Second, in space people like to float around.
Zero-g is a fun place to work. While floating
crewmembers would have to be very careful to keep
their magnetic shoes away from things like
magnetic disks and sensitive equipment.
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Also realize that there will be no halls per se
on the space station. There will be equipment
just about everywhere, even in the nodes. This
is because the modules are so expensive that all
space must be utilized. Thus halls and corridors
will double as work places.
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scientist's name
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ENFI Examples

Academic Essay

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Child abuse is defined by the children have been
deliberately inflicted with serious physical
injury such as broken bones, burns, or internal
injuries by their parents or caretakers. Child
abuse has become one of our major social problems
in the United States, It often occurs in the
presence of three factors ...
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There are five needs parents must be able to meet
...
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Personal Writing

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I know this paper is going to be very negitive
towards the women studies course, but dont get
me wrong. I feel the course does enlighten women
and their views of the world today. First, I
would like to get my opinion of the Daily out of
the way. This is because of the Dailys
premature printing of Michael Olinecks articel
without a response to it. The paper and its one
sided view on alot of articles it writes is
extremely bad, and the University should do
something about it.

Adopting ENFI

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The problems that I anticipated with finding ways
to incorporate the ENFI activity into the
objectives of the class are becoming more
apparent . . . I'm getting nervous and I feel
responsible to give them . . . more coaching. I
don't want to use ENFI as a way to coach them
about how to write their essays. (Doug, 11-1-88)
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I just feel very limited. I don't know what you
can do with ENFI that relates to the course
objectives. I always feel guilty about wasting
or using class time that isn't immediately
somehow helping them to write essays, to perform
for the standards of the test. (Doug, 12-12-88)
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The writing evaluation is the thing that is sort
of shaping it. It's the big monster that's
lurking in the shadows, that terrifies everyone,
including me. (Doug, 11-1-88)
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Phony Writing

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I used the network last year without accompanying
talk and found the results constrained and rather
disappointing. (Diane, quoted in Horowitz
Peyton, 1988)
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It seems phony. Why should I write to them if I
can talk to them? (Diane, 4-20-88)
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. . . this becomes a highly artificial situation,
slowing down communication without any "real"
reason other than the teacher's insistance that
all messages be in writing. Artificial
constraints on the practical use of spoken
language do not inspire students to put much
effort into message writing when it seems more
reasonable to speak aloud. (Thompson, 1988a).
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Real Communication with ENFI

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This is real communication. It's not the kind of
writing that typically happens in a classroom,
which is rehearsed. . . people are rehearsing for
something else which is not real. . . . ENFI
communication . . . is absolutely urgent and they
feel the urgency. Their ego is at stake. They
want to assert themselves. They want to function
within this little social context. (Doug, 9-1-88)

The Exit Exam

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Those essays are so tightly structured . . . you
have to have an introduction you have to have a
thesis you have to have a main body . . . when
you try to take this very powerful
communication tool, that lets students talk to
each other, swear at each other, insult each
other, . . . and say, "you're going to write an
essay . . . you're going to write an introduction
. . . that's not the way people communicate . . .
the essay is too controlled and structured.
(Doug, 9-1-88)
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Room Texts

My Room Looks Like..., by Tanika

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My room looks like a clean room. It has a nice
brown, red, and orange carpet that's soft under
my toes. The dresser is long and wide. It's
near the door. It has a mirror on the top of it.
I also have a big rocking chair that I sit in and
rock in. It's made of wood. I like my bed.
It's not too small and not too big. And I have a
nice spread to go on it. My room is also like a
square. I like it very much. I put my toys in a
toy box near a window. I have a stereo. It's
gray and white. I like that too. I have one
closet with a window in it.

Half Room, by Cornelius

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My room is shared with my cousin. It is not fun
because he snores at night. His bed makes noise
everytime he moves. I tell him to stop and he
does. Ten minutes later he does it again. And he
makes a lot of noise just to aggravate me. So
when he is asleep I do it back. And one day he
broke my cartridge for my Nintendo. It was Cold
Trojan. I was mad. Then I gave away his
Defender to my friend Bobby. He was crying. I
was laughing at him. He said he wanted to box me
and if he won he would get his Defender back and
if I win his father will give me my money back
for the cartridge.

My Room, by Anna

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When you walk in my room, you will see a lazy
girl sleeping. The girl is my sister. She is
always sleeping because she is so lazy. Then you
will probably see my desk. It is all full of
junk. Then'll see my sister's typewriter. And
if you fall on the floor, blame my sister. If
you see my computer, it is kind of neat. My
sister thinks she owns the room. And one more
thing. I always end up cleaning it and that's
not fair.

My Room, by Scott

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My room has 2 windows, a bed, a shelf, and a toy
box. My windows are large. My bed is small. My
shelf is regular and my toy box has toys to play
with.
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My room is always is a mess and then my mother
cleans it up. I have a Nintendo to play with. I
have 6 games to play with play. I sleep in a
sleeping bag cosey and tight. My shelves have
books to read at night. My feet get cold when I
have no socks because I don't have a rug to keep
me nice and snug. My floor is cold because it's
linoleum but it is fun to sleep on.
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When my cousins sleep over we all sleep on the
floor but it stays nice and hot because we live
on the second floor. One night my bed broke and
I woke right up. I have fun in my room. Tha'ts
why I like it!!!
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THE END

My Room, by Johnny

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When you walk in my room all you see is a regular
and boring room. I have two windows with shades.
I really have a small room with two closets. I
have two desks (because I share my room). I also
have two bunk beds and a Royal Blue carpet over a
wooden floor. I have a brown drawer. I have two
sleeping bags above my bed. I sleep on the top
bunk bed. I have a big brown desk with a brown
layer. I have a nintendo with a T.V. cable.
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THE END

The Clean Room, by Kathyr

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I don't have to share a room. In my room is a
black and white T.V. I have my father's desk
from when he was little. I have a long dresser
and a short one. There is a big mirror. I have
a closet full of clothes. My room is a mess a
lot. And on my walls are pictures of cats.
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I have a bookshelf that is full of books. And my
chest is full of dress-ups. My walls are pink
and purple. My floor is wood. I have two doors
in my room. I have a computer in my room.
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Now you heard about what's in it. Now look up at
the picture.

My Room, by Jason

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In my room there's a bed and you have to pull out
my bed. It's called a trundle bed. I have a
basketball hoop. I have a color T.V. with cable.
I have video games. I have a humidifier. I
have a huge light. I have a yellow carpet that's
very soft. I have sports posters hanging on my
walls. I have a radiator that's real hot. My
walls are white and there's just one wall that's
wood. The glass is up high. It's thick.
There's four squares in three rows. I think it's
for decoration.

My Room, by Filipa

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I have to share my room with my older sister. I
have a color T.V. with cable. My room is
rectangular shaped. It has one window. I have a
bunkbed. I have a big bureau with a mirror. I
also have a set of drawers. There is a pile of
stuffed animals between the bureau and the desk.
I also have a bookcase filled with books. I have
a furnace and closet. There is a long drawer
under my bed. My room has a rug. My sister
hangs posters over her bed. Sometimes my room is
messy. My room is painted light pink. My window
curtain is pink and white plaid.
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THE END
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What My Room Looks Like, By Amber

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When you open the door, there's a big mess! And
if you try to get in you'll fall flat on your
face. But when it is clean it is bright and
pretty. It has toys, games, puzzles, and
shelves. My bed has a futton mattress. My
ceilings are medium to high. My room is cold
most of the time because something's the matter
with the heat.
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I have a dresser where I keep jewelry and
clothes. My room is small. I also share a room.
I have a wooden desk but I don't do homework on
it. On my shelves I keep games, puzzles, and
books. I keep things like barbie dolls in my
crates. I have a brown carpet in my room.
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And if you haven't noticed already, I hate to
clean my room!
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THE END

Dirty Room, by Nicholas

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My room looks like a pile of sheets, pillows and
clothes. Under my bed there are games like
Rebound, Power Play Hockey. I have a big wooden
desk. There is a lamp to see with. I have a
bureau with clothes and games on it.
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I have some sports equipment in my room. My room
is small. There is a colorful rug in my room. I
have posters in my room.

My Room, by Aaron

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My room has platform-bunkbeds. It's really hot
with a basement under it. There's toys all
around plus there's an Atari 52 hundred in it.
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When you go in, the first thing you'd see is a
lazy brother sitting there watching television.
There's a stupid looking ceiling with bumps on
it. I also have 3 windows, lizards for pets, a
closet and there's only paint on the ceiling.
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The only thing I like about my room is my Atari,
the warmth and looking at my baseball cards on my
bed -- and I guess the lizards. My mother always
cleans it when I'm in school, so when I get there
it's really clearn.
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Whenever I go down there any time my bother
follows me. I hate that! When or wherever I
look, he's always there. I never play Atari with
or with toys, so I always go up stairs and play
nintendo.

What I Have in My Room, by Todd

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What I have in my room is a carpet, a bed, and
two bureaus. I have a closet too. Also in my
room I have a Nintendo. That is a video. You
can play video games on it. What I have for
Nintendo is Mike Tyson Punch Out, The Legend of
Zelda, Super Mireo Brothers, Kung Fu, Excick
Bike. Those are the games I have. I have a
computer. I have a TV in my room.

My Clean Room, by Jasmin

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What I have in my room is a computer. My
computer is near my closet. And I have dolls,
games. My games and dolls are near my windows.
I have two dressers in my room. My room is clean
but sometimes my mother has to come in my room
and has to clean up. My room is not so messy.
My mother hates a messy room. I hate when my
mother tells me and my sister to clean up our
room but when she doesn't clean up her room.

Fresh Room, by Javon

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When I go in my room I always see my brother and
sister jumping on the beds. Then I'll have to
call my mother. The thing I hate about sharing a
room is that I NEVER get privacy. I hate sharing
a room. My mother likes my room because I have
lots of Bon Jovi posters on my wall. I like my
room because I keep it very clean. I like my
room so much I had to buy a vcp for it. My room
is not so fresh, because I have to keep my
Nintendo downstairs. The only thing I like about
my room is that it's quiet in it. My room is
fresh because it has a closet with a window in
it. That's one of the reasons I call my room
fresh.
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THE END

My Clean Room, by Felicia

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When you open the door you see a clean room.
Sometimes, when my room is not clean, my mother
cleans it for me. My mother does not clean my
room on Saturdays and Sundays. She tells me to
clean my room. I don't. If I don't clean my
room, my sister will. I hate that I have to
share a room with my sister. My sister thinks
she owns the room. But she does not own the
room. I even have to share a TV. I hate that.
The color of my room is baby blue and pink. I
have games like Monster Mash, Chest, and Barbie
dolls. I have talking dolls like Baby Talk,
Cracket, and Baby Heather.
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Alternate Purposes

Mailbag Assignments

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Probably the best thing about MAILBAG is
communicating. The person at the keyboard is in
complete control. I never made any mailbag
assignments. Students could use it or not,
decide what they would say, to whom, when, how
often, and why. Bonnie, Shungnak

Volleyball Mail

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Dear Alice,
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What are you going to do after school? If you
want to play volleyball after school we can but
first I have to clean up at our house first ok.
We will play almost all day. You oue me a can of
pop because you promised if you were late.
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With love
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Wanda

Mailbag Form

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I never stressed proper form with the MAILBAG
program when the students were sending messages
back and forth between themselves...I saw this
program as a fluency activity. If the receiver
of the message understood it, it served its
purpose in my eyes.

Mailbag Disuse

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By springtime the MAILBAG was hardly used at all.
At first I was disappointed, then pleased. The
students had learned that there were appropriate
forms of communication for specific needs.

Notes

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NOTES is an activity that gives the students an
opportunity to write notes to one another under
the supervision of the teacher with the only rule
being that they must address the note to someone
in the class and have their name as the return
address. They know that I do not read their
notes and that anything goes (and it probably
does). This activity is done in silence with
myself as the mailperson and usually lasts
anywhere from five to fifteen minutes.
Alexander, Fairbanks

Mailbag Flags

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When we started using MAILBAG, I had a problem
with my students wanting to be back at the
computer CONSTANTLY checking to see if they had
any mail or not. We decided we needed to devise
a system that would solve the problem. We talked
about what we could do, and soon came up with a
mailbox poster which worked quite well. We each
wrote our computer code name on a library book
card pocket, and glued the pockets to a piece of
poster board. The poster board was then hung on
the wall behind the computers. Another pocket
was added to hold slips of red paper. When a
student left a message on MAILBAG for White
Knight, he or she would put a red slip into White
Knight's pocket. After White Knight read his
messages, he returned the red slips to the extra
pocket. Wilma

Solving Problems Student- Teacher

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Bathroom
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Marlowe B.
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There is a lot of trouble in the bathroom.
There's been writing on the new paint job, and
there's been someone who's been peeling the paint
off the radiator. If people keep messing up the
bathroom, Ducky the janitor said that she was
going to close the bathroom until we learn not to
write in it. And there's been plenty of noise in
there. If we don't have to go to the bathroom,
don't go in.

Solving Problems Teacher - Student

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Dear Pee Wee,
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Thank you for being concerned about the girls'
bathroom. I feel sorry for the girls who are
messing it up. They must be a little "messed up"
themselves. When I see Ducky, I'll try to
remember to tell her what you said. -Dr. A.

Confidential Chat 1

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Dear Classy Computer Kids,
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There are five members in my family and only one
shower. Because I'm the youngest member of our
family, I'm the last one in line to take a
shower. By then, there's usually no more hot
water and not too much time for me to wash behind
my ears! It's a horrible way to start a day.
What can I do to solve this problem?
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Cold, late, and dirty,
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I. Needabath

Confidential Chat 2

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Dear I. Needabath,
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I think you should tell the first person that
takes a shower you have to go to the bathroom.
Then they should let you go before they take a
shower. Quickly lock the door and take your
shower. You will have enough of time to wash
behind your ears.
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Sneaky and Desparate,
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Kerry N. and Jenny B.

Loneliness

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He chose late Friday for his time on the
computer so he could miss it, not realizing that
more often than not, late Friday was the easiest
time for me to be his partner. The other
children, in spite of their ugliness to one
another, were able to sense his feelings and
began writing him MAILBAG letters telling how
much they liked him and that they wanted to be
his friends. There is no way to describe the
face of this handsome, brown-eyed boy as he read
these notes, frequently slipped into his desk
anonymously. He sat near me for obvious reasons
and I would watch him remove one and literally
clutch it to his chest.

Finding Friends 1

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Calling All Men
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Sheila Forsythe Althea Jones
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Hi,
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This note is to all you good looking guys out
there in the world. There are two of us writing
so we'll tell you a little bit about ourselves.
Our names are Sheila Forsythe and Althea Jones.
We're both 14 and stuck in a small town in Alaska
called McGrath. We have a pretty big problem and
we hope that you guys will help us out. We have
a very short supply of foxy dudes here. So if
you are a total fine babe PLEASE I repeat PLEASE
write us!!!
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Keywords /McGrath/Male Order Men/

Finding Friends 2

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Good Looking Juneau Boys
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Two Holy Cross Girls Josie and Evelyn
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Our names are Josie Adams and Evelyn Fields. We
like skiing, basketball, hockey, writing letters
to cute boys, and we would be more than pleased
if any of you cute boys would write to us. We
don't have any boyfriends. So you don't have to
worry about that! We also would like you to send
a picture when you write. (You are going to
write aren't you?) We will send you a picture
too. Josie is 14, and Evelyn is 13. Well,
please write soon! We are waiting for your
letters!!!
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xxx xxx
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xxxxx xxxxx
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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xxxxxxxxxx
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xxxxxxx
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xxx
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WE SEND YOU OUR HEARTS!
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SINCERELY, JOSIE AND EVELYN
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Keywords /Juneau Boys/H.c.r Girls/

SuperMail

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What made this activity fun for my class was the
fact that Chip had just come from Telida and the
most recent messages on the disk were from
cousins and playmates upriver. This connection
made the notion of sending hellos to strangers
Outside seem less threatening.
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Revision Editing

Teachers Beliefs about Writing

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Often I would collect all the rough drafts (which
we usually did with paper and pencil) and type
them myself after school. When I did this, I
took great pains to type them EXACTLY as written.
(That ain't easy when you've been an
old-fashioned English teacher as long as I have!)
Wilma
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I never felt comfortable teaching writing. It
was always difficult for me to write when I was
in school. I didn't like to write. I believe
this attitude was reflected in my teaching of
writing...If the children spent time writing
their spelling words ten times then I felt that I
had done writing for that day....I thought that
the entire writing process consisted of assigning
a task, having the students write about it,
neatly of course, then hand it in to be
corrected. Ernie
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Parents Beliefs about Writing

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One parent made the comment that her daughter was
coming home with papers that were not corrected
for spelling and punctuation errors. I had a
conference with the parent and explained how I
planned to teach writing and the whole concept of
form, fluency and correctness and while she said
she understood, from time to time she would still
comment on how her daughter needs to work more on
grammar and spelling. Ernie

Focus on Perfecting the Product

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. . . to pick a piece periodically for editing
and final copy which means it will be perfect.
They do so without fear.. Their typing skills are
slow, but they are seeing and correcting many
errors automatically as they see them on the
screen, but are still getting all their ideas
down as they want. Syd

Free writing edit later

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My students write daily and what they have
discovered is that the idea "uncorrected first
draft," don't worry about spelling, sentences,
capital letters, etc. means they can write ideas.
No one is going to get on them for forgetting to
indent a paragraph. They write willingly and
fluently. Syd

Student Control

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Then I started to notice something interesting --
the next stories we wrote didn't seem to have
those same mistakes. Soon we started talking
about style -- active verbs, vivid adjectives and
adverbs, more concrete details, pronoun and verb
agreement. These are things I had never gotten
to when teaching out of the grammar book the year
before, and if I had, I'm sure it wouldn't have
meant much to the students. But now we were
talking about THEIR writing. It was personal.
They owned the problems, and it was up to them to
correct the problems. And they did. Wilma

Equity with limited resources

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I scheduled around violin, band, gifted programs,
resource programs, reading classes and then P.
E., LIBRARY, etc. We set up 20 minute blocks
required once a week and even ended up with lots
of extra spaces so many times they could get a
second turn at it...The technicalities of setting
up a space for the computer to be the least
disturbing but at the same time most accessible
by me for assistance required trial and error.
Syd
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Because of time limitations, they did the rough
draft, rewrite and editing on paper before
entering it on the computer. They then edited
again with a partner and printed out the results.
Wilma

Writing for an Audience

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a moose and a wolf
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john paul nikolai
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One A Time There Was a Moose and a Wolf. The
Wolf tried to kill the Moose But It Was a Bull
Moose. But It Was Three Wolves And By The Time
When It Was April The Moose Was Dead.
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This was an edited version. His first version
had been difficult to understand, and when I
pointed out some of the problems he was eager to
fix them. When I read this version, I said
something like, "I can understand this now, but
there are still some mistakes with capital
letters. Do you want me to help you fix them
before we put it in the paper?" He said
cheerfully, "No, it's o.k. like that." Joe had
by that time been chosen as student editor, and
he agreed with John Paul, so it went into the
newspaper just as it was. Helen
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Changes in the Writing Process
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Margaret's final draft

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Black History Show
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I liked the Black History show because I was
surprised to see the little and big children
singing so well, and clearly.
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The best acts were Mrs. Martin's and Miss
Simpson's classes. The songs were nice and the
people on stage weren't scared.
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The worst act was "Famous Black People" -- Mr.
Agosto's Mr. Anderson's class. Everyone messed
up and forgot what to say, and they didn't speak
clearly. They could have at least practiced more.
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The scenery wasn't very much, and the light was
kind of dull, and the sound wasn't very good.
Mr. Hodges was speaking loud and clearly, and he
was great on the stage. When the Glee-club was
singing so nice, Marines got very jealous and
asked Mrs. Evens to be in the Glee-Club. But when
Mrs. Evens said no she wrote bad things about the
Glee-Club on the computer up-stairs.
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But I really liked the Black History show. I
gave it 3 stars because it was very good.
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Margaret's first draft

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Black History Show
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I liked the Black History show because I was
surprised to see the little and big children
singing so well, and clearly. The best acts were
Mrs. Martin's, and Miss Simpson's classes. The
songs were nice and the people on stage weren't
scared. The worst act was "Famous Black
People"--Mr. Agosto's Mr. Anderson's class.
Everybody messed up and forgot what to say, and
they didn't speak clearly. They could have at
least practiced more. The scenery was pretty
good, and the light was bright enough, but the
sound was not that good. Mr. Hodges was speaking
very loudly and was good on the stage. I think
the show deserves three stars because it was very
good.

Marines's first draft

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Black History Show
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The Black History Show wasn't a big success. I
only liked it in some parts. I tell you, some
acts were really awful! I don't think other
people agree with me, but that's my choice.
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The act that I liked the most was the song that
Mrs. Jackson's class sang. It was "What Color is
God's Skin?" They were really organized, they
sang out loud. It was as if they weren't shy,
they were all singing.
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The act that I didnt like most was done by Mr.
Anderson and Mr. Agosto's class. It was "Famous
Black People." They didn't memorize their parts.
They messed up in the morning and in the
afternoon shows.
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The scenery was very good it was excellent but
the lighting was a little dull. The sound was
awful in some acts but in others it was good.
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I don't know what happened to the Glee Club, they
were almost all weak. The audience couldn't hear
them. They sounded soft then they went loud. It
was a disaster!
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Mr. Hodges was excellent. He dressed up very
nice and of course spoke loud.
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If I was directing this show, I'd give this show
two stars.
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Email Community

San Diego Shungnak

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Hi, our names are Sandra and Monica. What is
your name? How old are you? Sandra is 8 years
old and Monica is 8 years old. Monica is skinny
and she has brown hair and brown eyes. She is
tall, she is not black and she is not white. She
writes small and she runs fast. Sandra is
pretty. She runs fast, she has brown hair and
she is not fat. She is not skinny. She is not
black, she is not white. she has big hands and
she has white teeth. She is tall and she has
pretty clothes. How many jackets do you wear?
Is it snowing in Alaska? Is there polar bears?
Do you have husky dogs? Bye, bye write back

Guaranteed audience

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. . . one of the most important jobs I had
following the conference training session was
the portaging of messages from one computer
system to the other. I figured out the best
system for doing this and for awhile it was fun
and interesting. However, after about two months
of endless courier service, it got to be quite
boring so I taught Mom how to do it, and from
then on she got to take care of all the messages
that needed to be transferred
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AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Carol
sometimes I just want to throw this computer out
of the window! I have been here at school for
almost three hours trying to copy my mailbox to a
file so I can keep them....If you heard a loud
scream Sunday night about midnight, it didn't
work!
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Just wanted to share with you part of one of
Ernie's late night messages. I think his
"AUGHHHHH....." is a perfect description for the
feelings of frustration and exasperation that
we've ALL experienced at different times (and for
different reasons) with this whole computer
business. Being a pioneer in this area isn't
easy, but this group of QUILL teachers sure keeps
plugging away despite all of the obstacles.
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Mixed-audience messages

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Just a note to let you know that the X-CED
computer in Holy Cross is still sick --- in other
words, we have not done much with QUILL as yet.
Judy and Joe are moving right along however.
Chip, what did you do with my flashlight when you
left Holy Cross?
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Common and specific purpose

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The problem I have is that I am not used to
giving individuals or groups of students time
blocks to use the computer so that they can write
their stories. I got the students to work on
MAILBAG smoothly, but then for some time I didn't
let them work with the computer. All that time I
was wondering how I was going to arrange the
setup so that their schoolwork would not be
disturbed. Other than that all is well!
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Flat social structure

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Deane is using QUILL with her Jr. high class. We
tried to teach it to her 9th graders, they
rebeled because it takes so long to boot and to
move from screen to screen to start writing in
Library. Isn't there something Andee and Chip
can do about that? That might be why it is
billed as appropriate for grades 3-6, but it
could keep the program from expanding to many
classrooms.
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Synergy with classroom

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Greetings from Shungnak! QUILL is underway . .
.we're all hanging on and going with it. The
kids are learning quickly. When Chip was here we
also had a visit from the supt. The students
took to QUILL like a sled dog to pulling. There
are a few management problems, but no major bugs
with the program other than that if a student
wishes to print out a mail message that they have
just sent, the printer does some wierd symbols
--Chip, you saw that when you were here . . .
Time to go send some mailbox messages . . .Bonnie
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Hartford Newspaper

The Menudos

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Over the last few months, the Menudos have been
real famous. The object that makes them famous
are the girls. Boys are not crazy about them.
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In my opinion and I think in everyone's opinion,
the girls like the Menudo's because of only two
things, their singing and their good looking
bodies and faces. Almost all adults like their
songs and also the children.
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There are fine boys in the Menudos their names
are Ricky, Johnny, Miguel, Charlie and Ray. They
all sing wonderful!
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There is one more thing every girl thinks. There
should be a girl in the Menudos to sing with them
some songs. What do you think?

Michael's Island

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HI SWEET POLLY LOVERS...HERE IS A REVIEW OF THE
LATEST NEW T.V. SHOW..."MICHAEL'S ISLAND".
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ONE DAY THERE WAS A BOY NAMED MICHAEL. HE WANTED
TO RUN AWAY BECAUSE EVERY BODY DID NOT LIKE HIM
SO HE RAN AWAY HE HEARD OF A BOAT GOING OUT TO
SEA SO HE WENT TO GET ON THE BOAT AND ON THE
SECOUND DAY AT SEA THERE WAS A BAD STORM AND HE
WOKEUP HE WAS IN THE SEA LAYING ON A BOARD AND HE
WAS GETTING TIRED AND HUNGRY SO WENT TO SLEEP AND
ALL MOST DIED BUT WHEN HE WOKEUP AND HE WAS ON A
ILAND AND HE LOOK AROUND AND SEE A DOLPHIN BUT
MICHAEL KEEP SAYING WHO SAVED HIM THEN HE KNOW
WHO SAVED HIM THE DOLPHIN AND HE LIVED THE REST
OF HIS LIFE ON THE ILAND WITH THE DOLPHIN
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THE' END.
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Keywords /Michael/boat/boy/
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TOO LATE!

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IS A NEW SERIES THAT IS FULL OF ADVENTURE AND
EXCITEMENT. THIS IS A NEW SHOW THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO LOVE. . . .
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JIMMY WILCOX as LARRY LISA CORA as LARRY'S MOTHER
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AND AND
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ERIK ESTRADA as TONY DON SCHULZ as LARRY'S FATHER
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STAR IN
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TOO LATE!
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LARRY AND TONY ARE FRIENDS, BUT ONE DAY LARRY
GETS SICK AND THE MEDICINE CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN
MARS...HOW WILL ANY ONE SAVE HIM?..CAN ANYONE BE
ABLE TO GET TO MARS..IF SO HOW WILL HE GET BACK,
COULD HE BE SAVED?
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LARRY IS 23 AND TONY IS 22, TONY TRIES TO THINK
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WILL HE FAIL? WILL HE BE ABLE
TO FACE LARRY'S PARENTS?...WILL THEY CALL HIM A
COWARD A TERRIBLE DISGUSTING MAN? WILL THEY HATE
HIM?
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TUNE IN EVERY WEEK
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MONDAY - FRIDAY TO WATCH
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TOO LATE
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Keywords /friendship/coward/adventure/parents/

Too Late Script

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Elizabeth Saez Josette Wray
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Part One
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Tony finds a ship. He gets in it and goes
sneeking then he pushes a button. Then he hears
a noise shuve. The ship flies to somewhere. He
had pushed the starting butten. A several months
goes by. He lands on a planet. When he awakes
he opens the door and sees snow, he feels cold.
Then he goes in and puts a suits. He goes out
and tried to see if it is Planet Mars. HE runs
and sees a flower not an usual one. He goes and
takes it and runs to the ship. Down at Earth
Larry is sick. The doctors know that he could
die because the medicine can only be found in
Mars. Tony presses the start butten and flies to
Earth. He gets there two months later. He gets
out and runs to the hospital. He gives the
flower to the hospital. Larry two weeks later is
fine, now he says that he is a hero. They become
bests friend forever.
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Keywords /friendship/adventure/excident/
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Emily and Stephen