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Hall, Anne-Marie; Minnix, Christopher – Journal of Basic Writing, 2012
Critical analysis of the literacy narrative assignment within the context of the other genres in a basic writing course complicates understandings of the political import of the assignment. While several advocates of the literacy narrative have argued that it has the power of what Jean-François Lyotard has called petits récits, the authors argue…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Assignments
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Hoover, Regina M. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1979
Describes a weekly vocabulary assignment for college students with poor reading skills and shows how it provides incidental reading and writing benefits. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Reading Difficulties, Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods