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Download full textLandgraf, Susan – 2001
Both the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams and the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights show the power of language as vehicles for message. Using them in class as exercises to look at language and meaning will help students understand the importance of connotation and grammar; the use and validity of sources; and the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
