Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

Thomas J. Hickey; Aimee E. DeCoste

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Article . 1998 . Peer-reviewed

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Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1998 English Publisher:National Council of Teachers of EnglishJournal:English Journal, volume 88, pages 75-78 (issn: 0013-8274, eissn: 2161-8895,

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Authors: Thomas J. Hickey; Aimee E. DeCoste;

doi: 10.58680/ej1998351

Building Bridges: Connecting High School and Elementary School through Short Story Writing

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Describes how a “tech prep” junior English class at a vocational-technical high school collaborated with a class of third graders, as the juniors wrote short stories based on topics generated by the third graders who then illustrated the stories. Discusses how both classes prepared and got started, and how all participants benefited. Offers tips for teachers.

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