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Peer reviewedSwindall, Vickie; Cantrell, R. Jeffrey – Reading Teacher, 1999
Describes "Character Interviews," a class activity that guides children, especially reluctant readers, to the meaning of a story through a thoughtful understanding of character as they consider a character's emotions and motives, to respond to a question as that character would. Describes the interview process. Offers sample interviews…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Interviews
Poe, Elizabeth Ann – 1985
Applying reader response theory, a study explored the responses of 19 pregnant adolescents and teenage mothers to two dissimilar young adult novels, one about teenage pregnancy and one about adolescent alcoholism. Quantitative analysis, using a modified version of the Purves-Rippere (1968) system, and qualitative analysis of written answers to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Alcoholism, Bibliotherapy, Characterization
