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Reppen, Randi – TESOL Journal, 1995
Describes a genre-based approach to content writing instruction used in a fifth-grade social studies class in which the majority of the students came from English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) backgrounds. A unit on explorers and exploration used narrative, descriptive, persuasive, and expository writing assignments to improve the students'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)