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Bernhardt, Bill – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes an interactive approach to reading instruction in which, by manipulating text on a computer screen, learners literally write "between" and within the lines, integrating their own thoughts with the text. (SR)
Descriptors: Computers, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction

Brozo, William G. – Journal of Reading, 1988
Describes a reader response heuristic which approaches expository texts on a feeling and experiential level. Focuses on the work of one student writer to show how the student's interpretations of a text on Arab-Israeli relations was mediated by the student's feelings and experiences. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Effect, Expository Writing, Heuristics

Livdahl, Barbara Smith – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes using a loose framework of response journal writing and small and large group sharing with two classes of ninth-grade English students. Describes students' deep involvement as they constructed important meanings from a story that went beyond their own experiences. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, English Instruction

Weech, Judith – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes activities used in a 12th-grade literature classroom that develops students' prior knowledge to help them connect to the literature before reading it. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 12, High Schools, Literature Appreciation