The Reading and Writing Connection: Merging Two Reciprocal Content Areas

The purpose of this article is make connections between two content areas, reading and writing, which have traditionally been separated and consider the relationship between their theoretical underpinnings. Based on their reciprocal nature, the authors posit that students could greatly benefit by re...

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Main Authors: Moran, Renee, Billen, Monica
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Published: Digital Commons@Georgia Southern 2014
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gerjournal/vol11/iss1/8
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spelling ndltd-ETSU-oai-digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu-gerjournal-10082019-05-16T05:11:24Z The Reading and Writing Connection: Merging Two Reciprocal Content Areas Moran, Renee Billen, Monica The purpose of this article is make connections between two content areas, reading and writing, which have traditionally been separated and consider the relationship between their theoretical underpinnings. Based on their reciprocal nature, the authors posit that students could greatly benefit by reading and writing being taught simultaneously. Relying on this premise, this article provides the reader with three practical strategies that could be applied in the literacy classroom to intertwine reading and writing. These practical strategies include: classroom blogs, graphic depictions, and pen pal responses to literature. 2014-06-30T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gerjournal/vol11/iss1/8 https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=gerjournal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Georgia Educational Researcher Digital Commons@Georgia Southern literacy reading writing blogs pen pals Curriculum and Instruction
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Curriculum and Instruction
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Moran, Renee
Billen, Monica
The Reading and Writing Connection: Merging Two Reciprocal Content Areas
description The purpose of this article is make connections between two content areas, reading and writing, which have traditionally been separated and consider the relationship between their theoretical underpinnings. Based on their reciprocal nature, the authors posit that students could greatly benefit by reading and writing being taught simultaneously. Relying on this premise, this article provides the reader with three practical strategies that could be applied in the literacy classroom to intertwine reading and writing. These practical strategies include: classroom blogs, graphic depictions, and pen pal responses to literature.
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