A Cross-Age Antidote for Senioritis

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A Cross-Age Antidote for Senioritis
Jennifer Richardson Conrad

Pairing high school seniors with elementary students to write, edit, and publish children’s picture books proved to be an engaging project for Jennifer Richardson Conrad’s students. Seniors stayed focused and eager to work on the project and proved they had learned editing lessons by teaching them to the younger students.

English Journal, Volume 94, Number 6, July 2005

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