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Ohanian, Susan – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1996
Offers a revisionist view of business letter writing that emphasizes content and real world contact over form and punctuation. (TB)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Elementary Education, Letters (Correspondence), Writing Instruction
Ohanian, Susan – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1997
Contends that if a teacher gives students "good words" (by reading aloud to them throughout the day and giving them plenty of time to read silently), students will give good words back in their writing. Advocates getting children in the letter-writing habit. Shares letters from students over the years. Lists Mark Twain's rules for…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Letters (Correspondence)
Ohanian, Susan – Learning, 1982
A "Learning" magazine editor recommends five books for teachers: (1) "Hunger of Memory" (Richard Rodriguez); (2) "Cushla and Her Books" (Dorothy Butler); (3) "Uncivil Liberties" (Calvin Trillin); (4) "Selected Letters of James Thurber"; and (5) "The Selected Letters of Mark Twain." A…
Descriptors: Books, Child Language, Early Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOhanian, Susan – English Journal, 1979
Discusses the attitudes of high school teachers and students toward "Urban English" and describes the advantages of an exchange of letters between students and their teachers. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Attitudes, Letters (Correspondence), Secondary Education
