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Weber, Alan – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2000
Notes the relationship between thinking and playfulness. Demonstrates that playful language is a valuable way for adolescents from varied cultural backgrounds to express their thinking. Explores in depth four approaches to writing that encourage linguistic play: choosing playful topics; emphasizing characteristics of linguistic play; selecting…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Humor, Play, Secondary Education

Ollmann, Hilda E. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1996
Describes seven different written response formats (which all use reading response strategies) used with seventh graders. Discusses how the formats improve the quality of thinking put forth in students' responses to their self-selected adolescent novels. Discusses which response formats illicit more higher-level thinking. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Grade 7, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response