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Can We Read Today, or Do We Hafta Do English?
Peggy Silva

How can a teacher help students become avid readers? Peggy Silva describes how cultivating a culture of reading in ninth-grade English has increased student interest and renewed her teaching.

English Journal Volume 93 Number 1, September 2003

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