Reading and Writing with Shirley Jackson's the Lottery. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Philp, Hannah
• Is Part Of: Changing English. Volume 27:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 255
• Page End: 261
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Reading -- short stories -- writing -- genre -- semiotics -- social reading -- meaning; English literature -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; English language -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 410
• DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2020.1785275
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1358-684X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: I examine the ways in which reading in the classroom is a social practice and how that social practice can produce nuanced student texts that reflect a rich understanding of what has been read. In doing so, I also consider how the reading environment allows us to manipulate and embody texts in ways that allow for a more detailed understanding than the individual and solitary reading practices that seem to be prized in our society.